RE: how do you verify that create table ... nologging ... as sele

2002-01-10 Thread Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY)
Jacques, What about using the following script to measure actual amount of redo in the log file: --- -- -- Script: log_file_usage.sql -- Purpose: to see how much of the current log file has been used -- For:

Re: data modeling

2002-01-10 Thread G . Plivna
Case*Method Entity Relationship Modelling by Richard Barker; 1990; ISBN 0-201-41696-4; Data Model Patterns / Conventions of Thought/ David C. Hay The Data Model Resource Book by L. Silverston, W.H.Inmon, K. Graziano; 1997; ISBN 0471-15364-8; Gints Plivna IT Sistçmas, Meríeïa 13, LV1050 Rîga

RE: TEMPORARY TABLES

2002-01-10 Thread Reardon, Bruce (CALBBAY)
Peter, The tables are permanent but the data within them is temporary - the data life is either until you commit or until you logoff depending upon the option chosen when you create the table. This is initially confusing as it is different to how (say) Rdb handles temporary tables. Somewhat

RE: Management Server

2002-01-10 Thread
Hello Shuan If I am not mistaken you need to run a configuration program before you can start using OEM on 8.1.6. Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: C.S.Venkata Subramanian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thu, January 10, 2002 6:55 AM

RE: TEMPORARY TABLES

2002-01-10 Thread Pravin Mali
Bruce, I have a question on this? How do you create a temp table which automatically clears the data after usage. Because I had faced the same problem. I insert data into a temp table and I commit it. I say select * from table Name I get the data. I come out of that SQL session and again

RE: reading variables

2002-01-10 Thread
Hello All I use TOAD version 7.1. When I run a select with (like where id = id) a pop up window ask for the replacement value. Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Jacques Kilchoer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thu, January 10, 2002

RE: Upgrade to 8.1.7

2002-01-10 Thread
Your boss is right. Oracle dropped support for 8.1.6. We have the same problem, but I think that I will wait another 2-3 months and move to 9i. Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: David Ehresmann [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wed,

RE: huh? / Re: ORACLE-L Digest -- Volume 2002, Number 009

2002-01-10 Thread Mark Leith
Windows XP Security Hole Lets Attackers 'Plug and Prey' Microsoft has issued a security patch to fix a vulnerability on its new Windows XP operating system. Enterprises must act at once to deter malicious attacks on their networked PCs.

Re: Clone a database

2002-01-10 Thread Beatriz Martínez Jiménez
Hello again, thanks all that have replied. I have another question. Is it possible to clone a database just only through OS operations? For example, is it possible to overwrite the files related with one database (.dbf, .ctl..) with the one related with the database to 'clone'? Maybe it sounds

RE: US7ASCII, UTF8, characters sets, conversions.....agghhhhHH!!!

2002-01-10 Thread
Sorry, forgot the start. It is :WE8ISO8859P1. Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thu, January 10, 2002 12:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: US7ASCII, UTF8, characters

RE: Clone a database

2002-01-10 Thread Martin Kendall
Yes it is quite possible to do just that. The only thing is that you have to generate a CREATE DATABASE command from the source DB by ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE command. Note the CONTROLFILE does not have a space in it ! You then alter the contents of the Trace file to SET the

RUNNING .BAT FILE FROM PROCEDURE ?

2002-01-10 Thread Bunyamin K. Karadeniz
OS : WINNT , DB : 8.1.7 I have a java class embedded in database and I am calling it with a procedure. The procedere executes a bat file . In the bat file there 2 copy commands . First of them copying a file from a local directory to another local directory. Second command copy's a file

Re: Recovery scenario query

2002-01-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
O'Neill, Sean wrote: We perform disk-to-disk offline backups on a nighlty basis. Database is running in archived log mode. Due to space contraints (don't ask =:-[ ) we are currently forced to backup only some of the data files. The data files excluded belong to specific schema owners and

RE: Recovery scenario query

2002-01-10 Thread Martin Kendall
Hi, I would want to ensure that the datafiles being exluded have READ ONLY Tablespaces to ensure that they do not change. This would ensure that in the event of a recovery there will not be an SCN issue Martin -Original Message- Sean Sent: 10 January 2002 12:05 To: Multiple recipients

RE: Database jobs still hot

2002-01-10 Thread Ken Janusz
Where is your door? Ken -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:40 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: Database jobs still hot Ya, can you send them to my door? -Original Message- WILLIAMS Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002

Ang: RE: Unix - script

2002-01-10 Thread Roland . Skoldblom
So I have to use the ip-addresses? I cant use the name of the computer, for instance hakon5. Thanks in advance Roland Gogala, Mladen [EMAIL PROTECTED]@fatcity.com den 2002-01-09 07:11 PST Sänd svar till [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sänt av: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Till: Multiple recipients of list

Re: Dig it - killer freeware editor

2002-01-10 Thread bill thater
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ya, you are right, some unix having no GUI for the first installation like FreeBSD 4. vi is the only one availabe there for you to configure your xwindows or KDE. it also helps if you have a lot of the commands hardwired into your fingers.;-) and one of the first

nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

2002-01-10 Thread Ruth Gramolini
Good morning, We are having a problem load a file containing dates in MON DD format into a database having and nls_date_format=MMDD. Is there a way to do an alter session command in the control file or the parameter file to that we can load this data? We have had the production

Re: RUNNING .BAT FILE FROM PROCEDURE ?

2002-01-10 Thread Igor Neyman
The fact, that it works under 9i, is really interesting. I didn't have chance to play with it yet. As for 8.1.7, Oracle runs under NT 'SYSTEM' account (just look at startup options of Oracle service in ControlPanel/Services). Hence, your .bat file, called from Oracle,is executed under

Re: Dig it - killer freeware editor

2002-01-10 Thread Jan Pruner
and mc. :-) On Thu 10. January 2002 13:50, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ya, you are right, some unix having no GUI for the first installation like FreeBSD 4. vi is the only one availabe there for you to configure your xwindows or KDE. it also helps if you have a lot of the

RE: Database Comparison

2002-01-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I've had some problems with the Change Manager. For some databases it doesn't see any of the objects that would fall in the last few item categories in the navigator pane on the left - including tablespaces. There is a bug with the JVM, sometimes the Oracle Java tool colours go beserk

Re: Management Server

2002-01-10 Thread orantdba
That is correct, you will need to run the enterprise Manager Configuration Assistant. It will configure your oms to work with a OEM repository. When you run the oms for the first time you will use username sysman password oem_temp it will prompt you to change this value. John [EMAIL

Re: nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

2002-01-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
Ruth Gramolini wrote: Good morning, We are having a problem load a file containing dates in MON DD format into a database having and nls_date_format=MMDD. Is there a way to do an alter session command in the control file or the parameter file to that we can load this data?

RE: Database Comparison

2002-01-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
There is a site on the 'net somewhere that inventories who is using what OS and Web server for major Web sites, but I can't remember what the URL for that is. It only reflects what they are using to serve pages to the Web, though. Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)

RE: US7ASCII, UTF8, characters sets, conversions.....agghhhhHH!!!

2002-01-10 Thread Grabowy, Chris
Ok, so to get a better feel for what's going on, is everyone still using US7ASCII?? Have sites started switching over to UTF8?? Have there been any conversion problems?? Do the websites(like Amazon, Yahoo, BN, etc) that have an Oracle backend enforce UTF8 as a standard, so that they can store

Unix - copyscript

2002-01-10 Thread Roland . Skoldblom
Hallo, Can anyone tell me why I get this errormessage when I run this script. I know that there are files in the directory prod/sas/data/bilbo/indata Files that exists in that directory are for example customer.txt, cars.txt. I want to copy those files. But it doesnt sem to find them. The

RE: US7ASCII, UTF8, characters sets, conversions.....agghhhhHH!!!

2002-01-10 Thread Cherie_Machler
Chris, We have started using UTF8 on our new databases as a standard. All of our old, existing databases use US7ASCII. We need to convert a couple of existing databases such as our 200Gig data warehouse from US7ASCII to UTF8. I am concerned about conversion problems. I asked a few weeks

The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread dgoulet
Anyone care to comment on the following, IMHO it's about time: --- Introducing two new levels of Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) Achievement A recent *IDC report on IT Education and Training Services quoted

RE: Unix - copyscript

2002-01-10 Thread April Wells
It is not the file prefix it is the file suffix. Try moving your '*' to before the variable name (this is keeping your variable name... which I would change to reflect what it really is. Your script thinks it is .txtcustomer .txtcars echo mget *$fileprefix #echo mdelete *$fileprefix I

RE: Unix - copyscript

2002-01-10 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Change mget $fileprefix* to mget *$fileprefix - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:50 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hallo, Can anyone tell me why I get this errormessage when I run this script. I know that there are files in the directory

RE: Database Comparison

2002-01-10 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
www.netcraft.com Raj __ Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc. Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com Any opinion expressed here is personal and doesn't reflect that of ESPN Inc. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, but having an opinion is

RE: SQL Loader Question

2002-01-10 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
My guess is : No. Can you run a quick test and let us know ?? Thanks. - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:45 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 8.1.7 on W2000 I would like to know if there is a way to group more than one parfile into one file? I

RE: nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

2002-01-10 Thread Ken Janusz
Ruth: Are you using a delimited flat file via SQL Loader? Would the to_date function do the trick? My 0.03 Euro's worth, Ken -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:25 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

RE: nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

2002-01-10 Thread
Hello Ruth The answer is not to change the nls_date_format but to tell the loader the format you use for your date. We use the following in our ctl files: xx_xx_TAR_NECHONUT date(8) 'MMDD', maybe you can use: my_date date(8) 'MMMDD' . (I did not check if it works).

Re: Recovery scenario query

2002-01-10 Thread Robert Pegram
Sean, First of all, datafiles actually belong to a tablespace - not a schema. 1. You could place the tablespace into read-only mode, take a backup of the tablespaces datafile(s), then no additional backups are required for those datafile(s) (and you are assured that no one updates the data).

RE: Unix - copyscript

2002-01-10 Thread Robertson Lee - lerobe
Put your * before the fileprefix variable. Regards Lee -Original Message- Sent: 10 January 2002 13:50 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hallo, Can anyone tell me why I get this errormessage when I run this script. I know that there are files in the directory

Re: nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

2002-01-10 Thread Ron Rogers
Ruth, If the source file is being loaded with SQL LOADER that you can format the date load in the controlfile. We get our dates in the MMDD format and load in to the database default by defining the source data: SaleDate TERMINATED BY "," "TO_DATE(:SALEDATE,'MMDD')", ...Good

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Karniotis, Stephen
To be honest, I think this is actually lowering the bar. Oracle finally realized that the OCP has no value to an organization unless you induce the word Master. This has been taken from their former certification, the Oracle Master's Certification, which was worthless and only showed that you

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Bowes, Chris
Title: RE: The OCP bar is being raised I'd say the cost is being raised. Look at the requirements for each. You can't just take the OCM exam. No we would first have to get the OCA. Whether or not we need the entry level cert we have to have it. Then, and only then, can we take the OCP. Then

RE: Database jobs still hot

2002-01-10 Thread Kimberly Smith
Portland, OR -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:00 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Where is your door? Ken -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:40 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: Database

Re: RUNNING .BAT FILE FROM PROCEDURE ?

2002-01-10 Thread Bunyamin K. Karadeniz
Thanks Igor , I am trying it but when I want to log on to db , it gives ORA-12500: TNS:listener failed to start a dedicated server process error. Will I do another change ? For example the startup account of TNSLISTENER Service .? Bunyamin - Original Message - From: Igor

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread SARKAR, Samir
Title: RE: The OCP bar is being raised Chris, Am not clear on this. To b an OCP, we require to pass 5 examsright ?? So, if we get the OCP Associate after passing 2 exams, we need to pass only another 3 exams for getting OCP or do we have to go through all the 5 exams all over again ??

Re: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Ron Rogers
Dick, I see value in the addition of the two levels of certification. With the addition of the OCA certification it will allow "junior" DBA's to start on the read to successful certification. Learning and understanding the basics of SQL and ADMIN should be promoted, displayed, and

Analyze vs. DBMS_STATS

2002-01-10 Thread Jay Hostetter
Now that I finally have all of our databases upgraded to 8.1.7 I am taking some time to look at our method of gathering statistics for CBO. It looks like I should move towards using DBMS_STATS to gather statistics, but I may want to use ANALYZE if I need to gather stats on individual columns

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
They offered the Oracle Master certification before, I was told from Oracle Canada two years ago that to earn it one had to have taken courses specifically from Oracle. I asked because they offered NT Core Technologies, and I had taken the same course from a Microsoft-certified training center.

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Bowes, Chris
Title: Message From the website: --To become an Oracle Certified Professional, you must pass all required exams --in your selected job role, including those at the Associate level. The way I read that, you have to have the OCA exams before you can get the OCP. So if you take and pass the

Re: nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

2002-01-10 Thread Ruth Gramolini
We got around this issue but if anyone knows whether this is possible I would like to know for future reference. Thanks anyway, Ruth - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:25 AM Good morning, We are having a

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Khedr, Waleed
OCP, OCA, OCM, OCD = ? How can you bring money? -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:16 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anyone care to comment on the following, IMHO it's about time:

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread SARKAR, Samir
Title: Message H...so all we have to do is appear for 2 exams and get OCA and then appear for the remaining 3 exams and upgrade ourselves to OCP...or do we need to take all the 5 exams all over again ?? Samir Samir Sarkar Oracle DBA - Lennon Team SchlumbergerSema Email :

Re:RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread dgoulet
Well, A number of folks have weighed in on this matter I appreciate each point of view, especially those about Oracle Education just trying to justify itself. What IMHO is good in this is the praticum exam. It lends a true degree of certified hands on professionalism to the certificate, not

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Joe Raube
Of course, those of us who already have the OCP and want to be called a 'master' just need to take the 2 required courses and then the OCM exam. When looking at the details, they just split the previous 5 exam OCP into two tiers, a 2 exam OCA, and a 2 exam OCP which has the OCA as a

SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Deen Dayal
hi SQL wizards, Can any body help me with the tjis SQL. I need a SQL records with top 100 values of a table ( not rownum 101 ). Thanks Deen -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Deen Dayal INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858)

BUG? Inserting BLOB or CLOB values when table and field names are created with quotes

2002-01-10 Thread daniel szabo
Hello, i don't know if it's a bug, but probably, yes. The case is the following: We're using Oracle server 8.1.6, running on MS Windows 2000, and Oracle OLEDB Provider version 8.1.7.02 on the client side. We're tried to use ADO 2.6 sp1 to create ADO Command objects to insert data values to BLOB

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Some correction.. Please... and only showed that you had taken all of the courses within a specific track. and only showed that you had paid for all the courses within a specific track and were present for 1st and the last day of the courses. ( 1st Day : to make sure your name was spelled

RE: Analyze vs. DBMS_STATS

2002-01-10 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
I would highly recommend that you move to DBMS_STATS if you are running at least 8.1.6.3 -- especially if you are estimating statistics. The reason is that DBMS_STATS generates more and better statistics than analyze. I've seen queries go from hours to minutes just by changing from ANALYZE to

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Richard Ji
Oh yeah, that's absolutly the idea behind it. For Oracle to grab more money. Personally I never gave a crap about certification. We don't need an entity like Oracle or MS to tell us how much we know. We learn stuff because we love to not because of the certificates. Yes, I do know the

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Ken Janusz
Title: RE: The OCP bar is being raised ENRON -Original Message- From: orantdba [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:36 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: The OCP bar is being raised Hmmm, Imagine that, a publicly traded company

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Joe Raube
If you already have the 8i OCP, there is a single upgrade exam to become a 9i OCP. I'm studying for it now. -Joe At 07:40 AM 1/10/02 -0800, you wrote: H...so all we have to do is appear for 2 exams and get OCA and then appear for the remaining 3 exams and upgrade ourselves to

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Kimberly Smith
Title: RE: The OCP bar is being raised Actually, looks like to me that they simply revised their Masters program. Its exactly the same requirements except they now added an exam at the end. Not to many folks were going after the Master level except for the actual Oracle employees.

Re: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread orantdba
Title: Message Hi all, The oca exams are the same exams you would take on the way to being an OCP under the current program. The only difference is along the way you can get a designation of OCA. Not unlike Microsofts MCP. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >From the website: --To

RE: Database Comparison

2002-01-10 Thread HAWKINS, JAMES W [IT/1000]
Srini, But be careful - the Change Management pack for OEM is a purchaseable option. It is not free. Jim __ Jim Hawkins Oracle Database Administrator Data Management Center of Expertise Pharmacia Corporation 800 North Lindbergh Blvd. St. Louis,

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Bowes, Chris
Title: Message Wait a minute. I never said it was bad for companies to make money. My past posts on microsoft should have made that clear. If Oracle can get away with it, then hey, more power to them. My point was that they are trying to make this look oh so nice by saying "it's improved!

RE: Analyze vs. DBMS_STATS

2002-01-10 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Jay, I have switched to DBMS_STATS for quite some now. Most databases are 8.1.7.x. I have not had any problems running DBMS_STATS. Or from the generated stats. - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:31 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Now that I

Re: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Rick_Cale
If using 8i SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY column_name DESC) WHERE rownum = 100; Rick Deen Dayal

Re: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
Deen Dayal wrote: hi SQL wizards, Can any body help me with the tjis SQL. I need a SQL records with top 100 values of a table ( not rownum 101 ). Thanks Deen rownum 101 is OK if you nest your query, ORDER BY included, as an in-line view, ie select x.val from (select val

RE: Dig it - killer freeware editor

2002-01-10 Thread Mohan, Ross
Hey, who's your buddy? But I was disappointed it doesn't have a template yet for IEEE 802.11b RSA triple dipstick encryption. -Original Message- Hannibal, Thanks for the link! This product is SO COOL! I personally code in SQL, HTML, Javascript, PHP (sometimes) and am curently

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Bowes, Chris
Title: RE: The OCP bar is being raised Maybe I am completely misreading this. However, I didn't see the 8 to 9 OCP upgrade and that is why I said, you'll have to take them over again. If I am completely out to lunch and this is just a re-org of the Masters and OCP and those 8 OCP can get OCM

Re: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Marin Dimitrov
- Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 18:03 hi SQL wizards, Can any body help me with the tjis SQL. I need a SQL records with top 100 values of a table ( not rownum 101 ). u do need rownum select * from

Re: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Ron Rogers
Deen, You could try SELECT fields... FROM (SELECT field1 FROM table1 ORDER BY field1) WHERE rownum 100; ( the value is 100 less that number of rows returned) That will order the rows returned by the value in the field1 and then give you the row numbers of the returned rows that are greater

Re: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Jan Pruner
Use ORDER BY name of column DESC and, of course, rownum 101 :-))) -- SELECT NAME, VALUE FROM ( SELECT NAME, VALUE FROM TOP100 ORDER BY VALUE DESC ) WHERE ROWNUM 101 JP On Thu 10. January 2002 17:03, you wrote: hi SQL wizards, Can any body help me with the tjis SQL. I need

RE: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Mohan, Ross
Or use KdB. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L If using 8i SELECT * FROM (SELECT * FROM table ORDER BY column_name DESC) WHERE rownum = 100; Rick Deen Dayal

Re: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread tday6
SELECT * FROM (SELECT VALUES FROM TABLE ORDER BY VALUES) ROWNUM 101; Deen Dayal ddayal

Re: nls_date_format problem in sqlldr

2002-01-10 Thread Jared . Still
Just set the environment variable before running sqlldr: export NLS_DATE_FORMAT='MON DD ' Ruth Gramolini

Re: data modeling

2002-01-10 Thread Jared . Still
Check this out on amazon.com. They have several used copies. I replaced my copy that was 'borrowed' just last week for $24 US. ( $60 list ) Jared

RE: SQL Loader Question

2002-01-10 Thread
I tested under 8.1.6 on NT and the reply is NO. Checked also the new features for 9.0.1 and no mention of this. Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Deshpande, Kirti [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thu, January 10, 2002 4:30 PM To:

Re: Veritas Quick IO Oracle Performance

2002-01-10 Thread Brian Haas
Ed, I would be interested in getting a copy of your test scripts to try it out on our setup. Solaris 8, veritas DBed 2.2 and Oracle 8.1.7. Our performance has increased since switching to quick io, but that also included a major application overhaul, and new disk layout and an upgrade to

Re: BUG? Inserting BLOB or CLOB values when table and field names are created with quotes

2002-01-10 Thread Marin Dimitrov
- Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 18:09 created with quotes 1. If you create the table and field names with quotes (tablename, FieldName, etc), then you cannot insert BLOB or CLOB values larger than 4000

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Viktor
How many people outhere that you know do actually have OCM. Not ORACLE employees. Just curious... Regards, Viktor --- Bowes, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I am completely misreading this. However, I didn't see the 8 to 9 OCP upgrade and that is why I said, you'll have to take them

Re: Where to download Oracle Applications / ERP packages

2002-01-10 Thread Jared . Still
I don't believe those are available for download, at least not legally. Jared Andrey Bronfin

RE: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Deen Dayal
I tried to run it in Oracle 7.3.4, it comes up with a syntax error Here is the SQL select x.fein,x.open_bal from (select sf_get_fein(employer_id) fein, nvl(total_open_balance_amt,0) open_bal from employer order by open_bal desc ) x where rownum 101 Here is what

8.1.7 Release 3 Patch for Solaris - Download Troubles

2002-01-10 Thread Kevin Lange
Hey Guys. Just built my 8.1.7 solaris test server at work and need to patch it up to Release 3. Unfortunately, OTN keeps giving me Page Not Found when I go to download it. Does anyone know any alternate locations that these patches are available ?? Thanks Kevin -- Please see the official

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Joe Raube
Here's the link: http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/index.html?dba9i_upgrade.html and here's the upgrade path: http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/index.html?dba9i_track.html Oracle 7.3 to Oracle9i Upgrade Path (3 exams) Candidates certified on Oracle 7.3 pass exam

ORA-02085

2002-01-10 Thread tday6
Oracle 8.1.6, using Net8, wants me to name my db_link the same as the database that it's linking to. I don't want to. Tried using a synonym but that didn't work. Tried using create database link linkname connect to userid identified by password using ' (DESCRIPTION =(ADDRESS_LIST =

RE: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Babich , Sergey
Correction : SELECT * FROM (SELECT DISTINCT VALUES FROM TABLE ORDER BY VALUES DESC) WHERE ROWNUM 101; -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:Re: SQL for top 100 values SELECT * FROM (SELECT VALUES

Sqlnet dead connection detection (DCD)

2002-01-10 Thread antonio . belloni
Hi, We´ve setup DCD , using SQLNET.EXPIRE_TIME = 5 in

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Mohan, Ross
I know some Oracle employees that have OCD. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:16 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L How many people outhere that you know do actually have OCM. Not ORACLE employees. Just curious... Regards, Viktor -- Please see

Re: ORA-02085

2002-01-10 Thread Rodd Holman
In your init.ora GLOBAL_NAMES=FALSE Bounce your db and it should be OK. On Thu, 2002-01-10 at 11:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oracle 8.1.6, using Net8, wants me to name my db_link the same as the database that it's linking to. I don't want to. Tried using a synonym but that didn't

RE: Where to download Oracle Applications / ERP packages

2002-01-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Order the CD Pack if you are in the U.S.. Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:16 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:Re: Where to download Oracle Applications / ERP packages

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Oracle employees typically get Oracle training for free, esp. during times when they are idle - whenever THAT happens. Regards, Patrice Boivin Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA) -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:16 PM To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: 8.1.7 Release 3 Patch for Solaris - Download Troubles

2002-01-10 Thread Ken Janusz
Kevin: I had the same problem when I tried to download 9i zip files. It turned out to be a problem with the security setup on my laptop for IE. Ken -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 11:32 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:8.1.7

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Joe Raube
Well, there are at least 6 - from http://www.tusc.com/oracle/news/20011203a.html Niemiec joins Dr. Paul Dorsey, David Ensor, Peter Koletzke, Scott Nelson and Jeremiah Wilton in the first group of Oracle Certified Masters to be recognized by Oracle Corp -Joe At 09:15 AM 1/10/02 -0800, you

RE: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Babich , Sergey
Don't use any aliases (x in your case) and try again Regards -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:32 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: SQL for top 100 values I tried to run it in Oracle 7.3.4, it comes up with a syntax error Here

Erwin

2002-01-10 Thread Hamid Alavi
Hi List, Sorry for off topic but if anybody know any patch for ERWIN 4.0 let me know . Thanks Hamid Alavi Office 818 737-0526 Cell818 402-1987 The information contained in this message and any attachments is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed,

Re: ORA-02085

2002-01-10 Thread Igor Neyman
Try global_names = false in your initSID.ora file. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:40 PM Oracle 8.1.6, using Net8, wants me to name my db_link the same as the

Re: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Stephane Faroult
Deen Dayal wrote: I tried to run it in Oracle 7.3.4, it comes up with a syntax error Here is the SQL select x.fein,x.open_bal from (select sf_get_fein(employer_id) fein, nvl(total_open_balance_amt,0) open_bal from employer order by open_bal desc ) x

RE: SQL Loader Question

2002-01-10 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Thank you very much - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:51 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I tested under 8.1.6 on NT and the reply is NO. Checked also the new features for 9.0.1 and no mention of this. Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer

Re: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread orantdba
This was a new feature in Oracle8i. In 7.3 the best way would be to open a cursor that sorted the data and return the first N rows. Sorry, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried to run it in Oracle 7.3.4, it comes up with a syntax errorHere is the SQLselect x.fein,x.open_balfrom

RE: The OCP bar is being raised

2002-01-10 Thread Khedr, Waleed
I'm OCSlave. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I know some Oracle employees that have OCD. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:16 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L How many

RE: ORA-02085

2002-01-10 Thread Gogala, Mladen
GLOBAL_NAMES=FALSE -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:40 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Oracle 8.1.6, using Net8, wants me to name my db_link the same as the database that it's linking to. I don't want to. Tried using a synonym but that didn't work.

RE: SQL for top 100 values

2002-01-10 Thread Babich , Sergey
You may be right, that's the version issue -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:32 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: SQL for top 100 values I tried to run it in Oracle 7.3.4, it comes up with a syntax error Here is the SQL

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