DB Monitoring

2001-08-29 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
What Monitoring Activities Need to be Carried Out on Large Databases ( Excess of 100 GB ) ? Any Experiences , best Practices , Documents , Links ? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: VIVEK_SHARMA INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (

Clarification on External procedure in Oracle 8.1.6

2001-08-29 Thread Ramesh_Kota
Title: Clarification on External procedure in Oracle 8.1.6 Hi all...     I believe any of u Would be of GREAT help... I have been trying Calling C functions from pl/sql using Oracle 8i's  External Routine. It works. But when I try to call the Pro*C function after precompiling it .. it

Re: Fwd: RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Jan Pruner
May be I'm a naive idiot (Forrest Gump :-)), but have somebody asked Oracle to sponzor this community of Oracle users? Jan Pruner -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jan Pruner INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX:

insert into table .... values....

2001-08-29 Thread Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane)
Hi lists how to do the folloiwng inserts into a table? table xyz has col1,col2, col3. I need to populate the values to col1 from table dummy1 (cola) col2 table dummy2(colb) col3 table dummy3(colc). there is no relation

Re: alternative rows

2001-08-29 Thread Sharmilan
Hi Srini SELECT * FROM Table WHERE (rowid, 1) IN ( select rowid , mod(rownum, 2) from Table ) - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 9:05 PM > Hi lists > > can anybody post me to find alternative rows in a t

Fwd: RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Viraj Luthra
Jared, Please suggest an Aussie rate for contributions. May be we from Australia could contribute $AUD30 or so( I could do may be more, when my next sal comes), what ever, "I Here by Pledge my Allegiance.." This list is good has helped me a lot in the past, and "I will endeavour... what ev

Re: An OPS & tnsnames question

2001-08-29 Thread Scott
Andrey, The Oracle failover stuff is documented in the net8 guide and I believe there are some examples as well. The TNS syntax you are using is not failover but more or less a load leveling across the listeners. If you want to do TAF you will need to use this syntax. ALIAS1.WORLD = (DESCRIPTIO

Re: Oracle VS. DB2

2001-08-29 Thread Eric D. Pierce
is that part of Larry's "reducing complexity" thangy? [via: ORACLE-L Digest -- Volume 2001, Number 241] > > -- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:41:03 -0400 > Subject: Oracle VS. DB2 > > Any comment on the following: > > IBM enlists ISVs

RE: tab ascii value

2001-08-29 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: tab ascii value >-Original Message- >From: Bryan S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >I'm not sure about the tab. >I did the following ('tab' is between the ' '): > ... Well OK, for non-printing characters, just enter the word "Ascii chart" into a google search. Here's one of

octal form

2001-08-29 Thread Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane)
HI lists when I do select select dump('k',1010) from dual (decimal) i get 107 as the ascii value to get an octal we substitute 1008 in the place of 1010 and the result is 153 for 'k'. andselect chr(107) from dual (decimal) value is ''k' if i use select chr(153) from d

RE: Install oracle 7.3.4 in Solaris.

2001-08-29 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Thanh-truc, Do you have the Installation Guide for 7.3.x Oracle for Sun Solaris Platform? If you do, I suggest you refer to it first. If you still have questions, we will be glad to address those. If you do not have the Installation guide, please search for it at http://technet.oracle.com. I b

RE: Burningman CD's

2001-08-29 Thread Eric D. Pierce
all miscreants will write "Mladen Gogala is a dba-god" 100 times in their event logs. all miscreants will write "Mladen Gogala is a dba-god" 100 times in their event logs. all miscreants will write "Mladen Gogala is a dba-god" 100 times in their event logs. all miscreants will write "Mladen

shutdown trigger

2001-08-29 Thread Tatireddy, Shrinivas (MED, Keane)
HI lists can anybody throw this sql statement I need to create a trigger that will fire on shutdown (just before shutdown) of the database. It has to collect the flwng infm into a table called free_mem_prc 1. The time in minutes the system has been up( means my instance is running since 20

Help using find for Perl...

2001-08-29 Thread Denmark Weatherburne
Hi Gurus, I am trying to use Perl to find files with a particular extension (*.bat) on remote machines on our network. I'm running Windows NT 4.0. I'm using ActivePerl v5.6.1 Build 626 May 2,2001. This is the script I got after running find2perl with the unix find specification and redirecting

Re: tab ascii value

2001-08-29 Thread Bryan S
Title: RE: tab ascii value I'm not sure about the tab.  I did the following ('tab' is between the ' '):   SQL> select dump(' ') from dual;   DUMP('')Typ=96 Len=1: 32   SQL> select chr(32) from dual;   C- It looks like a tab, but since it is a nonprinting character, it's hard t

Re: awk, sed, windoze, sql*loader, other fun stuff

2001-08-29 Thread Jared . Still
Lisa, The cygwin package works well, it will even install perl for you. http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ As for the script to gen sqlldr control files, get dump.sql from www.cybcon.com/~jkstill/util and just edit out the part that actually dumps the table. Jared

Oracle Discoverer 4i

2001-08-29 Thread dgoulet
To All, I've seen a number of messages on Oracle's 9iAS and since we're evaluating the product, is there anyone out there using the Discoverer 4i Plus WEB based query tool? If so, what is your opinion? Dick Goulet -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author:

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Sujatha Madan
What about the Ozzie rate???...whatever it is, this list is great even though I've only been subscribed for a short time - I'm learning heaps ... so I'm in for donating whatever the set fee is. Cheers, Sujatha -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2001 5:02 AM To: Multiple

Re:RE: PeopleSoft8 Oddities

2001-08-29 Thread dgoulet
So am I, especially considering the "silence" on customer connection. Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: "MacGregor; Ian A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 8/29/2001 3:30 PM We'll be moving both human resources to Peoplesoft 8 before year's end. I for

RE: PeopleSoft8 Oddities

2001-08-29 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
We'll be moving both human resources to Peoplesoft 8 before year's end. I for one am very interested. Ian MacGregor Stanford Linear Accelerator Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L OK, the subjec

RE: User access within/outside of app

2001-08-29 Thread Aponte, Tony
Title: RE: User access within/outside of app Here is a trigger that we use to change the optimizer goal at logon based on the operating system account.  You would be looking into the value of the v$session.program column instead of the OSUSER used below.  Instead of the 'alter session set opt

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Rachel Carmichael
amen! I know I work in NYC and that it's expensive here but trust me, $20 or even $10 is NOT barely the cost of lunch or dinner. 2 slices of pizza == $3.00throw in a soda and you're still under $5 >From: John Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients o

Re:RE: !! Keeping the list alive

2001-08-29 Thread dgoulet
With me sitting here two hours after I should have left, you had better duck!! :-) Reply Separator Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 8/29/2001 2:58 PM You're surprised at those willing to pay? You have to realize that most DBAs are over-payed and unde

Re: OT: football fan-hood

2001-08-29 Thread Joe Testa
Paul, ask my wife, i hate sports, she's like college football fanatic. joe > > Paul Baumgartel wrote: > > > > Lisa, > > > > The stereotypical football fan is, of course, a male, whose > > wife/significant other usually wants nothing to do with the sport. > > I've often wondered what might inspi

Install oracle 7.3.4 in Solaris.

2001-08-29 Thread Nguyen Thanh-truc
Hello listers, I have to install a server Oracle (7.3.4) on Sun Solaris but i've never done that before. Could some one show me the steps to follow or give me some address where i can find the informations please ? Thank you very much. Thanh-truc Nguyen -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ

RE: OT: football fan-hood

2001-08-29 Thread Kimberly Smith
Tight pants on those nicely toned legs. Oh yeah, margaritas during the game make it better as well. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:35 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Lisa's really a Dolphins phan in purple viking drag... --Scott > Paul Baumgartel wr

Re: Oracle 9i on NT beta

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Hey Paul, Great point, but don't be jealous I don't really have the time. However, there are a lot of things that I dont understand about 9i (rollback tablespace :?) so I figured I would have to read to get the basic understanding of this thing. However, you bring up a great point, I shoul

Re: OT: football fan-hood

2001-08-29 Thread Gene Sais
I know Lisa and she is no dolphin fan :) Gene *Fin Fan* >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/01 06:35PM >>> Lisa's really a Dolphins phan in purple viking drag... --Scott > Paul Baumgartel wrote: > > Lisa, > > The stereotypical football fan is, of course, a male, whose > wife/significant other usua

Re: Oracle 9i on NT beta (i know I know)

2001-08-29 Thread Joe Testa
Kevin: sqlplus /nolog connect / as sysdba; startup; joe Kevin Kostyszyn wrote: > > Just wanted to say I loaded it today. Wow, this thing sucks so far, now it > won't even start, where in the he__ is server manager!!! Well, looks like > Barnes and Noble for me, I sure hope there is some good

RE: char vs. varchar2

2001-08-29 Thread schmoldt
Isn't CHAR a declining feature, which is why Oracle is forcing the conversion to VARCHAR2 whenever possible? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, Cal

RE: !! Keeping the list alive

2001-08-29 Thread schmoldt
You're surprised at those willing to pay? You have to realize that most DBAs are over-payed and under-worked <> > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:43 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject:

RE: Flat File vs. Database

2001-08-29 Thread Jack C. Applewhite
Dennis, I'm stunned... How about: - Data Integrity (Referential Integrity and all the other constraints on data) - Concurrency (Readers don't block Writers and vice versa) - Scalability - Accessibility (no 3rd party tools could ever access your flat files for analysis or reporting) - Security Y

RE: Flat File vs. Database

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Lange
I have no web site for this but here is a begining list for you: Pros: 1. Relational in Nature. 2. You can access it from any location on your network with a multiple of programs. These can range from Excell, Word, SQL Plus, Toad, etc. etc. etc. 3. Multiple people adding, deleting, chang

RE: Oracle 9i on NT beta (i know I know)

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Lange
Kevin; I believe they did away with server manager. Supposedly SQL Plus is now allowed to do anything Servermanager did. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 5:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Just wanted to say I loaded it today. Wow, this thing sucks s

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread John Lewis
>we're throwing out figures >like $10, $20, $50 etc. for us in the US, this is >barely the cost of lunch or dinner, Your lunches must be REAL nice. Is that with or without the wine? ;-) (The place I usually eat has beans and rice with 4 corn tortillas for $3. And its in a downtown area) -O

Oracle 9i on NT beta

2001-08-29 Thread Paul Drake
Kevin, I really admit that I am jealous. Where do you find the time to read the entire 9i - Concepts Manual, Administrators Guide, Installation Guide and Release Notes? I wish I had time to cover all of that. There's a few sections of those for 8.1.6 (with updates for 8.1.7) that I haven't finish

listener supports no services

2001-08-29 Thread Pat Hildebrand
Has anyone run across this problem and come up with a way around it? This morning we had a change of IP-addresses on a cluster of machines. Our production server is now returning The listener supports no services whenever we try to start the listener. We have tried creating a new liste

Re: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Joe Testa
I also have a question, who besides myself have multiple(i think i use 4 a/o today) email accts to post from, how will we handle that concept, would I need to pay 4 times(i'm thinking not, but how could we tell if its the same person?). joe -- Joe Testa Performing Remote DBA Services, need so

Re: OT: football fan-hood

2001-08-29 Thread Scott Shafer
Lisa's really a Dolphins phan in purple viking drag... --Scott > Paul Baumgartel wrote: > > Lisa, > > The stereotypical football fan is, of course, a male, whose > wife/significant other usually wants nothing to do with the sport. > I've often wondered what might inspire a woman to follow >

Oracle 9i on NT beta (i know I know)

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Just wanted to say I loaded it today. Wow, this thing sucks so far, now it won't even start, where in the he__ is server manager!!! Well, looks like Barnes and Noble for me, I sure hope there is some good material out there:) Sincerely, Kevin Kostyszyn DBA Dulcian, Inc www.dulcian.com [EMAIL P

Re: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread mohammed bhatti
my 2 cents. i think it was re-iterated that payment was not necessary so i don't think folks should feel guilty if they can't pay. we're throwing out figures like $10, $20, $50 etc. for us in the US, this is barely the cost of lunch or dinner, so no big deal. but some other folks in other part

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Hedger
I think keeping the list free is the way to go. My reasoning behind this is that newbees to the list, like myself, don't know the benefits they will reap from a list such as this until they use it. They will just use another list that doesn't charge. Some of you might think this is a good id

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread George Hofilena
AMEN to that. George -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:06 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I like Jeremiah's idea. All the "sermonizing" about the value of the list and how we should be required to put something in the "offering basket" is just so much

RE: !! Keeping the list alive

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Lange
And you are suprised at the response ??? Not from this end !! There is a lot of info out here that is just not available without a lot more research than I have time for. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 1:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L This li

PeopleSoft8 Oddities

2001-08-29 Thread Henry Poras
OK, the subject is a bit redundant. We recently upgraded our HR system to PeopleSoft8, and I have noticed some strange stuff with 2-tier connections. Just thought I'ld toss this out and see if anyone else has seen the same kind of stuff. In the past, when a user logged on 2-tier, an entry would

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Chepuri Pramo (AP/QSW3, AB/QSW3)
I'd be willing to pay a monthly/yearly subscription fee. pramo >> Original Message << On 8/29/01, 1:10:59 PM, Kathy Duret <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!: > IMHO > How about a monthly and a yearly subscription

Flat File vs. Database

2001-08-29 Thread dmeng
Hi all, We are proposing a project to convert applications that use flat files to Oracle databases. An essential piece of this proposal is to present to the management the advantages of databases over flat files. Are there any websites, whitepapers that talk about this? I know this probably is a n

RE: !! Keeping the list alive

2001-08-29 Thread Srinivas_Madala
what man what else? are U leaving the office? ekkada work vachi potundhi. madala -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Inte

Re: "Drop & Recreate table" or "alter table drop column". Which

2001-08-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
> Jacques Kilchoer wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: William Rogge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Because of any synonyms (which are based off of object > > numbers), Option 1 > > is the only way to go. That is of course unless you want to > > perform extra > > work dealing w

RE: Lisa

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
Title: OT: Lisa Nope, I don't think your wrong at all:)  I love the names! KK -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Koivu, LisaSent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:28 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: OT: Lisa Nothi

OT: football fan-hood

2001-08-29 Thread Paul Baumgartel
Title: RE: How to loop call to SQL script in PL/SQL... Lisa,   The stereotypical football fan is, of course, a male, whose wife/significant other usually wants nothing to do with the sport.  I've often wondered what might inspire a woman to follow football--care to satisfy my curiosity?   P

RE: LinuxFS for Oracle

2001-08-29 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Sorry for being unclear. ReiserFS has much, much, much faster fsck then Ext2. With ReiserFS (a.k.a Ext3), fsck takes a second or two, not longer. With ext2 it can go on forever, especially on /oracle, /mp3 or /usr/local filesystems. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:5

RE: RMAN tuning

2001-08-29 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Ruth, According to Michael: >Tom: >I haven't got a change to test it. I will try it sometime today. However, >page 11-11 of Oracle8i Backup and Recovery Guide (8.1.5) states that Do not >use this port-specific string if you have specified type disk. >Thanks, >Michael I haven't tried it for di

Re: OT: Lisa

2001-08-29 Thread Scott Shafer
You or J-Lo? I'd give you the nod, Lisa. --Scott > "Koivu, Lisa" wrote: > > Nothing wrong with combining a technical discussion with a bit of > humor :) Tell me if I'm wrong ! > > -Original Message- > From: Kevin Kostyszyn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednes

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Jeroen van Sluisdam
Amen, I agree -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Orr, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: woensdag 29 augustus 2001 22:06 Aan: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Onderwerp: RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !! I like Jeremiah's idea. All the "sermonizing" about the value o

RE: financial problems with fatcity.com

2001-08-29 Thread Anderson, Brian
> Do we get a t-shirt, like for PBS? > > My 5-year old son got a great DragonTales t-shirt. > > Now we have to think of a caption for the t-shirt. Didn't we already cover the T-shirt question a while back? Help!!! Are You An Idiot? ;) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.ora

Re: char vs. varchar2

2001-08-29 Thread Richard Ji
One thing you have to consider is the comparison semantic when using CHAR vs VARCHAR. You should consult the Oracle Doc on this. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/01 03:35PM >>> I think that this subject comes up now and then, but I don't remember the conclusions We are creating a Data Wareho

RE: char vs. varchar2

2001-08-29 Thread Terrian, Tom
Thank you, I will check it out. Tom Terrian Oracle DBA WPAFB - DAASC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 937-656-3844 -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:06 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L "Terrian, Tom" wrote: > > I think that this subject comes up now and then, but I d

RE: Lisa

2001-08-29 Thread Kevin Kostyszyn
I have been noticing this as well, Bootylicious?  hehheh -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen AndertSent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:16 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Lisa Lisa, do you have a fil

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
This definitely the best Oracle list. Any chance of hacing the IOUG-A to sponsor it? I remember quite a few years back the IOUG was sponsoring a Compuserve list run by Chris Wooleridge. Chris, one of the first Oracle employees, was enjoying the financial benefits thereof, living the good l

Re: awk, sed, windoze, sql*loader, other fun stuff

2001-08-29 Thread Rocky Welch
Hi Lisa, MKS Toolkit or Unix Utilites for Windows (Microsoft). Both work very well. -Rocky --- "Koivu, Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm working on sql*loader scripts and I realize that I'd probably be > DONE by > now if I had awk and sed to use. Of course, as unix-deficie

RE: !! Keeping the list alive

2001-08-29 Thread Tirumala, Surendra
Waiting for the details Suren -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L This list is apparently a more valuable resource to many of you than I realized. I'm literally bowled over by the generosity. I've received so many

RE: "Drop & Recreate table" or "alter table drop column". Which

2001-08-29 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: "Drop & Recreate table" or "alter table drop column". Which is > -Original Message- > From: William Rogge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Because of any synonyms (which are based off of object > numbers), Option 1 > is the only way to go.  That is of course unless you w

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Ramon Estevez
Hola, I think a subscription is the best solution. I have learned too much reading the solutions to the posts that everyday show up, and mines too. Can count on me !!! Regards, Ramon E. Estevez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dominican Republic 809-565-3121 -Original Message- Sent: 28 August 200

Re: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Jan Pruner
There is no problem with subscription of today's user. I will pay too because I find this list excelent. But what about new users? If I find a new list server with subscription, I will never pay to try if is it valuable or not. I think that free subscription is better way 'cause mail list is sti

RE: LinuxFS for Oracle

2001-08-29 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: LinuxFS for Oracle > -Original Message- > From: Gogala, Mladen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Oracle works on ReiserFS as well as on Ext2. My personal preference > was ReiserFS because of the abominable fsck times with my big > disks (32GB & > 20GB). I am confused - di

Re: char vs. varchar2

2001-08-29 Thread Stephane Faroult
"Terrian, Tom" wrote: > > I think that this subject comes up now and then, but I don't remember the > conclusions > > We are creating a Data Warehouse and the subject of char vs varchar2 data types > came up. I searched google and found a little bit on the subject (mainly there > is no

RE: financial problems with fatcity.com

2001-08-29 Thread Hillman, Alex
I dont think $12 is worth even speak to management. Alex Hillman -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 2:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L The only problem with having my damagement pay for a subscription for this list is that they may find out where I get a

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Cornio, Georgette Ms USACFSC
Count me IN ... -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 15:22 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Yes. $25 one-shot, $25 a year or "my fair share" -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Ok, now tha

RE: Novice Question

2001-08-29 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: Novice Question > -Original Message- > From: Kishore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I am in a position to export a user and drop it then > create again and import it. Why I am doing this is > because I want to change the default tablespace of the > user to a different one a

RE: How to loop call to SQL script in PL/SQL...

2001-08-29 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: RE: How to loop call to SQL script in PL/SQL... Denmark, Every 5 seconds??  That's going to put an awful load on your database, dont'cha think?  That's also going to be a very large file.  We tried this a few months ago when jrun was acting suspect and we were getting a bunch of zomb

OT: Lisa

2001-08-29 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: OT: Lisa Nothing wrong with combining a technical discussion with a bit of humor :)  Tell me if I'm wrong ! -Original Message- From:   Kevin Kostyszyn [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:12 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: 

RE: !! Keeping the list alive - part deux

2001-08-29 Thread George Hofilena
Jared, Count me in for $20 (for now). George -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Forgot one question; Q. I would love to help, can I remain anonymous? A. Certainly. We have no intention of publishing contributors.

RE: financial problems with fatcity.com

2001-08-29 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Do we get a t-shirt, like for PBS? My 5-year old son got a great DragonTales t-shirt. Now we have to think of a caption for the t-shirt. : ) I am willing to pledge some money as well, in US$ of course. Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) Systems Admin & Operations | Admin.

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Orr, Steve
I like Jeremiah's idea. All the "sermonizing" about the value of the list and how we should be required to put something in the "offering basket" is just so much "preaching to the choir." :-) I would gladly pay a subscription fee because I understand the value of the list after having been on

RE: results of analyze

2001-08-29 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: RE: results of analyze > -Original Message- > From: Ruth Gramolini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Someone asked me where the results of analying tables and > indexes goes.  Can > anyone tell me what table(s) holds the statistics generated. I think this is a complete answer.

Re: awk, sed, windoze, sql*loader, other fun stuff

2001-08-29 Thread Randy Pace
Title: awk, sed, windoze, sql*loader, other fun stuff One site that has the main Unix tools is http://virtunix.itribe.net/.   I have them and use them all the time.     Randy Pace Phone 801 495 9300 9662 S 700 E   Fax 801 495 9301 Sandy, Utah 84070    email [EMAIL PROTECTED] - O

!! Keeping the list alive - part deux

2001-08-29 Thread Jared . Still
Forgot one question; Q. I would love to help, can I remain anonymous? A. Certainly. We have no intention of publishing contributors. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX:

RE: 817 Intermedia on AIX

2001-08-29 Thread Ron Rogers
"The Bootylicious " "Gimme a PC and I'll Break It, Guaranteed" "The MONkey" Boy ! arn't we busy today. ROR mô¿ôm >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/01 01:57PM >>> Also - I ran into this problem on hp/ux: you may have to create the library hard coded with the oracle home path. REferencing $ORACLE_HOME

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Kirsch, Walter J, PERSCOM
Yes. $25 one-shot, $25 a year or "my fair share" -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Ok, now that I have your attention, please read the following message from Bruce Bergman, owner of fatcity.com. It concerns the future of

OT: RE: 817 Intermedia on AIX

2001-08-29 Thread JOE TESTA
I'd thought bootylicious would refer to Jennifer Lopez.   joe >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/01 02:42PM >>>"The Bootylicious " "Gimme a PC and I'll Break It, Guaranteed" "The MONkey"Boy ! arn't we busy today.ROR mô¿ôm>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/01 01:57PM >>>Also - I ran into this problem on hp

OT: RE: financial problems with fatcity.com

2001-08-29 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Title: OT: RE: financial problems with fatcity.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Alex, that is an excellent idea! I second that notion. "doh.state.fl.us"? Does that University count Homere Simpson amongst its proud alumni? Please excuse

Re: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Riyaj_Shamsudeen
-->I am willing to donate up to $5 per month for up to 6 months paid either monthly or a lump sum depending on what he needs. -->Just like in Public Television or Radio, I challenge everyone on the list to join me with an equal pledge. Count me in... Jarad/Bruce         Please let us know how yo

RE: !! Keeping the list alive - part deux

2001-08-29 Thread TCarlson
Dido. Todd Carlson Oracle 8i Certified DBA Bunge North America George

RE: financial problems with fatcity.com

2001-08-29 Thread Gogala, Mladen
I second that. The amount is more then reasonable and the value that this list provides is extremely high. > -Original Message- > From: Kevin Lange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 12:16 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: financial p

char vs. varchar2

2001-08-29 Thread Terrian, Tom
I think that this subject comes up now and then, but I don't remember the conclusions We are creating a Data Warehouse and the subject of char vs varchar2 data types came up. I searched google and found a little bit on the subject (mainly there is no space savings between char(1) and var

How to loop call to SQL script in PL/SQL...

2001-08-29 Thread Denmark Weatherburne
Hi DBA's & Developers, I first tried to call a batch file which calls SQL*Plus and executes an SQL script from within Perl, but I had no success. Perhaps I'm taking the wrong approach. I'm sure it can be done using PL/SQL. I want to run an SQL script repeatedly every 5 seconds throughout the day

RE: financial problems with fatcity.com

2001-08-29 Thread Mark Leith
Just had a chat to the boss, and we would happily pay $10 per month for the "service", provided that there was an easy way for us to pay for it such as a credit card since we are based in England. Regards Mark -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 16:48 To: Multiple recipi

Re: Upgrade of database

2001-08-29 Thread JOE TESTA
its called the migration guide.   joe >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/29/01 11:48AM >>>Can anyone point me towards the documentation for upgrading Oracle 8i, from8.1.6to 8.1.7.Thanks in advanceSteven H.-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com-- Author: Steven Hovington  INET:

RE: Lisa

2001-08-29 Thread Stephen Andert
Lisa, do you have a file of "titles" or do you keep coming up with new ones?  I read your messages just to see things like: Dog Bone AdministratorThe Bootylicious DBA and many more   StephenNo funny sig line

RE: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
It is good start...I think we all should start sending min $20(for USA) and UKL 15 (for UK) to Jared/Bruce once we have address Regards MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:50:55 -0800 Just publish

RE: financial problems with fatcity.com

2001-08-29 Thread Ron Rogers
I for one have learned a lot from this list. Heck ,I 've also learned how much I don't know. There is a lot of valuable information to be gleaned from this list and I has helped me with my learning curve. I do not have a budget item for open training here or I would apply it to the list to help

RE: LinuxFS for Oracle

2001-08-29 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Oracle works on ReiserFS as well as on Ext2. My personal preference was ReiserFS because of the abominable fsck times with my big disks (32GB & 20GB). I don't see much overhead. With UDMA3/66 enabled, my disks are performing extremely well. Having 384 MB RAM also helps a bit. On the other hand,

awk, sed, windoze, sql*loader, other fun stuff

2001-08-29 Thread Koivu, Lisa
Title: awk, sed, windoze, sql*loader, other fun stuff Hello all, I'm working on sql*loader scripts and I realize that I'd probably be DONE by now if I had awk and sed to use.  Of course, as unix-deficient as I am, I don't have it.  Does anyone know of a windows version of these utilities? 

!! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread James Howerton
Jared, I'm in for $12. Jim Howerton Senior Oracle DBA University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System Information Services e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] v: 205-934-9111 f: 205-934-0632 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: James Howerton INET: [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Spooling output of a select statement to a file through stored

2001-08-29 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Do not forget 'grant execute on utl_file to apps_user' before running.. MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:21:20 -0800 Ranganath, First you have to specify a place where Oracle may write the file.

RE: Auto log apply to standby db using Perl

2001-08-29 Thread Jack C. Applewhite
Rob (Jo?),   This is from the Oracle8i docs (Chapter 5 of "Oracle8i Standby Database Concepts and Administration"), but it's so basic that I believe it would apply to 8.0   ... 9.Write a script that you can periodically run to check the log files in the managed recovery directory and move 

constraints in create table..

2001-08-29 Thread Saurabh Sharma
hi all,   do anybody explain me what is happening when i'm creating a table with the following constraints..   CREATE TABLE TAB1( ENUM NUMBER PRIMARY KEY CHECK(ENUM IS NULL), ENAME VARCHAR2(10) );   why i'm being able to create table with such contradicting constraints. both can't be true

RE: financial problems with fatcity.com

2001-08-29 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
The only problem with having my damagement pay for a subscription for this list is that they may find out where I get all my answers to some very difficult problems!! ;o) Dave -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 11:43 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Whats t

WAS: !! *Very* important Oracle-L message !!

2001-08-29 Thread Scott Shafer
Just shoot me an email if you get to San Antonio. We could even meet for a long lunch in New Braunfels or sumthin', as I live an work in the NE part of SA. That goes for anyone in the area. My schedule keeps me hopping, but I can usually break free for a time. Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX w: 2

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