Legato backup.

2002-01-25 Thread Jenner Mike
Hey, just to confirm what I think is obvious... For an oracle database to be backed up on NT with Legato: you need to either; shutdown, cold backup via legato, startup, or online backup mode and legato's "Oracle database" extension, [or some sort of strategy involving oracle export]. And to ve

Re: SV: Hmmmmm

2002-01-25 Thread Rachel Carmichael
you need a where clause on that select statement, so that you get the ONE row in that table that you want. and remove the nowait. Nowait tells Oracle to continue processing the next statement even if you didn't get the lock you wanted... Of course removing it has it's own drawbacks, you could be

Re: Operating system choice

2002-01-25 Thread bill thater
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >thing, but I also worry about the stability and availability of my database >that I would be presenting to my customers. If anyone has any insights, >statistics, facts or links to documentation presenting such, I'd sure >appreciate the help. > i can only relate my pe

RE: Hmmmmm

2002-01-25 Thread Grabowy, Chris
Interesting. Are you sure? I have actually started reading Tom Kyte's book, Expert One-on-One, and he mentions this problem and the solution(specifically, page 32). Basically, you code.. SELECT * FROM table WHERE field = something FOR UPDATE NOWAIT; UPDATE table set field = blah WHERE field =

Re: v$session question

2002-01-25 Thread nlzanen1
Hi, Try module in v$session (just a guess) Jack Joe LaCascio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@fatcity.com on 25-01-2002 15:35:24 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc:(bcc: Jack van Zanen/nlzanen1/Exter

ORA-04031 with Oracle 8.1.7.0.0 on HP-UX 11.0. URGENT

2002-01-25 Thread Kirsch, Walter J (Northrop Grumman)
Getting: "ORA-04031: unable to allocate 4256 bytes of shared memory ("shared pool", "unknown object", "sga heap", "library cache")" and "ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1" over and over in the alert log. This is a "suddenly" event on a production database that had been operationa

Re: How to use a package variable in pkg1 inside of package pkg2

2002-01-25 Thread G . Plivna
You have to declare this variable in package1 specification create or replace package pkg1 is v_var VARCHAR2(10) := 'Blahblah'; end; / create or replace package pkg2 is procedure showvar; end; / create or replace package pkg2 body is procedure showvar begin dbms_output.put_line(pkg

Oracle on NFS

2002-01-25 Thread Bill Becker
Jay Hostetter wrote: >> I know that at one time, Oracle recommended that you do not put files onto an NFS file system. I think the OS needs to guarantee that the data was actually written to disk, and when you use NFS the OS "thinks" the data was written, when in reality it may still be transf

Re: Off-topic Perl Question

2002-01-25 Thread Steven Lembark
Three methods: read newline delimeted two at a time, read the whole thing and process it in pairs of lines or read twice the size of a fixed-length line from columnar data: while(<>) { my $line = $_ . <>; ... } or my @linz = <>; for( my $i = 0 ; $i < @linz ; $i += 2 ) { my @twolinz

RE: Operating system choice

2002-01-25 Thread Smith, Ron L.
We have both. NT is MUCH easier to manage and set up. But unless you put some money in the hardware it is not as stable. Our applications have lots of interfaces to other servers. Lots of scheduled batch jobs. This seems to cause a lot of processes to get started that never stop. They tie up

Yet again more Recovery Manager questions

2002-01-25 Thread nlzanen1
Hi All, I have a mixed environment 8.0.5 & 8.1.7 databases. I can not use the same catalog for both versions. I tried creating a new catalog for my 8.0.5 databases (different owner) in the same 8.1.7. database that my other catalog is in using the rman 805 executable. This also results in erro

SV: Hmmmmm

2002-01-25 Thread Stefan Jakobsson
There are more rows in that table. It's one that we use for storing sequential numbers we use... like invoice numbers, membership numbers etcetc So we have to lock row when using it, so noone else uses the same number when we add a new member or create a new invoice... But good advice tho, and

RE: More Rman q's

2002-01-25 Thread Jay Hostetter
Jack, The auxiliary database is the clone of the target database (Oracle really should have called this parameter SOURCE instead of TARGET). It (the auxiliary) is the one you are creating. The auxiliary database should be started nomount. The only files needed for the auxiliary are the

v$session question

2002-01-25 Thread Joe LaCascio
In the past, I was running Oracle 8.1.5 and the clients were running Oracle Forms 4.5. When I queried v$session and looked at the program field I could see what clients where running f45run32.exe. Now we are on Oracle 8.1.6 and the clients are running Forms60. When I now query v$session the p

How to use a package variable in pkg1 inside of package pkg2

2002-01-25 Thread Rick_Cale
Hi All, I have a package pkg1 that has a variable var 1 declared Inside of pkg2 I want to use pkg1.var1. I always get PLS201 identifier pkg1.var1 must be declared. What do I need to do to correct. Pkg1 compiles fine. Thanks Rick -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com

RE: Mirroring REDO logs to an nfs drive

2002-01-25 Thread Jay Hostetter
I know that at one time, Oracle recommended that you do not put files onto an NFS file system. I think the OS needs to guarantee that the data was actually written to disk, and when you use NFS the OS "thinks" the data was written, when in reality it may still be transferring across the networ

RE: More Rman q's /SOLVED dunno how

2002-01-25 Thread nlzanen1
Hi , I must have made a really big mess of the catalog or something. I reinstalled the catalog, recreated TEST2 and ran the clone script again. Guess what.? Thx J&J Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED]@fatcity.com on 25-01-2002 11:10:19 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL

Operating system choice

2002-01-25 Thread Sherrie . Kubis
The topic of "Oracle on NT vs. Oracle on UNIX" has been addressed many times before, but in my searches I have not found hard statistics to support either choice. I have been running Oracle on Tru64 UNIX for six years, and it has been rock solid. I have no experience with NT other than my deskto

* Oracle DBAs Needed in Baton Rouge, Louisana

2002-01-25 Thread OraStaff
We have a client requirement for several Oracle DBAs in Baton Rouge, Louisana. *This company will provide relocation assistance, as long as there is a viable reason besides money for the candidate's desire to move there. These are full time staff positions so no sub-contractors or third parties

Off-topic Perl Question

2002-01-25 Thread ALEMU Abiy
I know that this is not the forum to ask perl questions. But is there some one who can help me on how to read two lines at a time using a Perl script My script looks like this : open(FILE_IN, "<$datafile") or die "Cannot open $datafile...\n"; while() { chomp; @fields = split(/;/

Re: Oracle 9i installation Java RunTime Environment was not found.

2002-01-25 Thread Marin Dimitrov
  I have JRE Installed here is what I get    $: java -versionjava version "1.3.0_02"Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0_02)Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0_02, mixed mode)   There fore Java is installed.   I think this might have so

RE: More Rman q's

2002-01-25 Thread Hallas John
Title: RE: More Rman q's Jack, TEST3 instance should be exactly as you stated, an Oracle instance with no datafiles as yet. What I think I was meaning regarding the names of the objects is that the format is Rman catalogue = catalogue Source database  = target new database   = auxilliary.

Re: Hmmmmm

2002-01-25 Thread Rachel Carmichael
is there only one row in that table? if so, you can lock the table itself. try it without the nowait... --- Stefan Jakobsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Having a small problem I need some help with... > > The problem is trying to lock a row on a parameter table for an > application. > > T

Re: Sending mail using pl/sql

2002-01-25 Thread Sam Roberts
U can e-mail me @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] to remind me: I have real life examples I can send u: Today is holiday in middle east where I work: I will be at work tomorrow and I will send them Sam - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, Ja

Re: time issue

2002-01-25 Thread Igor Neyman
Ooops.. Jared, You are right. I didn't notice the order of the dates in 'between' condition. That's why I prefer to use: where Time_Stamp > ... and Time_Stamp < ... in this case don't have to bother about the order. Still, 'group by' attracted my attention, because even with correct or

Re: ROLLBACK SEGMENT?

2002-01-25 Thread orantdba
Hi Raj, Interesting that you first agree with Jeremy and then argue with him.  It is precisely because export does not generate rollback that the "gymnastics" of taking all of the other rbs's offline will not help anything.  It might make you feel better, however :-). John [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

RE: Session_wait

2002-01-25 Thread Babich , Sergey
Thank you very much, Henry, I really appreciate the help. I'll post the results later. Best, Sergey -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: Session_wait Let me try again (using expand -t 3 as suggeste

Sending mail using pl/sql

2002-01-25 Thread Rick_Cale
Hi All, I know it has been asked many times but I have changed jobs and no longer have old e-mail. Anyway I need to know how to send e-mail using pl/sql with attachments. Any real examples,links,references would be very helpful. My environment is Oracle NT 8.1.6 SE, NT 4.0, client is Win 2000 Th

Slight OT : Size of MS SQLServer Databases

2002-01-25 Thread antonio . belloni
Hi, We are evaluating databases to our web site and the candidates are Oracle and MS. We already have Oracle running on our production environments , but , mainly a cost-based decision , management don´t want to buy Oracle to the web site. So , we want to know how big are the MS databases out th

RE: Databases on Solaris: Online Forum Jan. 22-28

2002-01-25 Thread James McCann
Does anyone know if the book is any good? I'm thinking about getting it, Thanks, Jim -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 January 2002 23:25 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L That could have something to do with the questions not being pointed enough. Could be they'r

Re: Moving Files Around

2002-01-25 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Jay, I'm, not sure I understand what you mean by "the instance reference to the parameter file" do you mean the init.ora file that's used when the database starts up? You can override that by startup pfile= --- Jay Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > I have read and tried (sorry

Hmmmmm

2002-01-25 Thread Stefan Jakobsson
Having a small problem I need some help with... The problem is trying to lock a row on a parameter table for an application. The thing we need to do is following: Read the value in one row. LOCK that row for other users, increase the value with one update the row with the new value and release

Re: Trace/Event Info

2002-01-25 Thread Rachel Carmichael
hey my fingers type by the "memory method" -- so I usually end up with $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin backspace backspace backspace $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/mesg :) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > guess I should cut and paste, huh? > > Jared > > > > > > Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Se

AW: Oracle Books

2002-01-25 Thread Foelz.Frank
Hi, I would suggest you should take a look at Osborne Oracle Press !!! They are very good !! www.osborne.com i.e. ISBN.: 0-07-212048-7 Oracle Developer Advanced Forms & Reports very powerful knowledge !! > Frank < >Von: Gagandeep Singh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Greetings All !!! > >Coul

RE: More Rman q's

2002-01-25 Thread nlzanen1
Hi, Am I misreading all this, but should the auxiliary database be in existence before I can Clone to it? I created the init.ora and all directories and started TEST3 in nomount. I created the password file and can connect to it with a connect string no problem. Another point is. Did you mean

Oracle Books

2002-01-25 Thread Gagandeep Singh
Greetings All !!! Could anyone tell me which book is best for the oracle developer which is compatible with Oracle 8i. Regards, Gagandeep -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gagandeep Singh INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (85

Ang: RE: Access to Oracle

2002-01-25 Thread Roland . Skoldblom
Can you please guide me how to do all these steps? Roland "MacGregor, Ian A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@fatcity.com den 2002-01-24 08:15 PST Sänd svar till [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sänt av: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Till: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kopia: Whose ODBC DRIVER are

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