RE: Sessions Hang When Not Being Traced/Unhang When Being Traced

2002-02-15 Thread K Gopalakrishnan
Tom,   Have you checked the V$SESSION_EVENT for those sessions to find out the waits?   Best Regards,K GopalakrishnanBangalore, INDIA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom PallSent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:24 AMTo: Multipl

RE: Rows Locked

2002-02-15 Thread K Gopalakrishnan
I remember seeing an article by Danisment Unal, in Oracle Internals Magazine (www.oracle-internals.cc). He has explained this using few block dumps and redo log dumps. The article was titled something like "how to find locked rows using block dumps" or similar to that. It is a great detailed note.

RE: HUGE numbers is V$SYSTAT

2002-02-15 Thread K Gopalakrishnan
Steve, The number 18,446,744,069,414,584,320 is 0x000. So looks like some of the counters are hitting their max values. I clearly suspect this could be a BUG. Have you directly queried $ksusgsta? If your X$KSUSSGTA shows correct values then there is something went wrong during the co

HUGE numbers is V$SYSTAT

2002-02-15 Thread Orr, Steve
I'm finding HUGE numbers in the V$SYSTAT table. For instance for statistic# 1, "logons current" the number is 18,446,744,069,414,584,320... I don't think so! What's the cause and what's the cure? I used know about this but now I forget. Sigh... Steve Orr Bozeman, MT -- Please see the official

Re: DELETE this message. I'm just testing my new address.

2002-02-15 Thread Joe Testa
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DELETE this message. I'm just testing my new address.

2002-02-15 Thread Rodd Holman
If you have opened this you obviously can't read. I'm just testing my new address. You should have read that in the subject and deleted this. DO NOT REPLY to this. If this message starts a thread then there are a number of you who need to go back to elementary school and learn to read. Rod

RE: Weird ODBC Issue

2002-02-15 Thread Bellows, Bambi
No clue. User installed. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L What ODBC Driver are you using? I've seen this with certain builds of Microsoft's driver, really quirky on W98. David A. Barbour Oracle DBA, OCP AISD 512-414-

RE: Developer Interview Questions?

2002-02-15 Thread Jared . Still
In addition to SQL tuning, the prospective employee should know what cursor variables are, bind variables, and the advantages of using them. The hopeful candidate should also know how to minimize opening cursors through reuse, or at least not look like a scared deer in the headlights when asked

sniffing bequeath connections

2002-02-15 Thread Doug C
Hi - I am thinking of moving our custom built app server to another box from the Oracle database server. This may be more of a unix/network question. The appserver of our custom app opens a pool of about 40 Oracle sessions every morning and keeps them all day. How would I track internal netwo

RE: Personal Experiences in Oracle

2002-02-15 Thread Sam Bootsma
Are you happy with your career in DBA? I am about 2/3 of the way to loving my job.  I have been since I started my job as DBA three years ago.   Has the training been worth it? I was disappointed with the instructor in the single Oracle course I took ... so no. I took one MS TCP/IP course

RE: Frequency of Analyze

2002-02-15 Thread John Kanagaraj
Arslan, Since you are on 8.1.7, have you considered using the ALTER TABLE ... MONITORING feature? This will create entries in DBA_TAB_MODIFICATIONS detailing the estimated DML on the tables involved along with a Timestamp. This will enable you to estimate the required frequency... John Kanagar

Re: Weird ODBC Issue

2002-02-15 Thread DBarbour
What ODBC Driver are you using? I've seen this with certain builds of Microsoft's driver, really quirky on W98. David A. Barbour Oracle DBA, OCP AISD 512-414-1002

RE: ora -01122

2002-02-15 Thread DBarbour
You can't restore a datafile from a full export. Tables and tablespaces, yes. That's why I asked about the availability of redo logs. Unfortunately, 1242 is generally a hardware error, usually a defective drive. On Sun, it sometimes is a hiccup, the drive either doesn't start or isn't seen pro

RE: HP-UX11(32 bit)/8.1.7/Install Question

2002-02-15 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
Henry: There's nothing wrong with that location, per se, but it is not our corporate standard location. He wanted to do it his way and try to establish a new standard, which was decided against. So was trying to install to the new location, and could not for the life of me figure out where it wa

DB SIZE INCREASE AFTER EXPORT/IMPORT?

2002-02-15 Thread Seema Singh
Hi I have done export and import of one schema.After import the database size has increased and I checked the tablespace which are having LOB objects grow just twice approximately.What could be reason? Thx Seema _ Send and receive

RE: Developer Interview Questions?

2002-02-15 Thread John Kanagaraj
Jay, I would feel that PL/SQL tuning is the same as SQL tuning. Just pull out one of your complicated Explain Plan or TKProf outputs and ask the Interviewee (is there such a word?) to explain the meaning. Also quiz him/her about the various joins and the approach he/she would take when a DBA/User

RE: Personal Experiences in Oracle

2002-02-15 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
-Original Message- Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello all. I'm new to this mailing list and hoping I can count on you for some feedback to help me make an important decision. I'm doing as much research as possible in preparatio

Re: HP-UX11(32 bit)/8.1.7/Install Question

2002-02-15 Thread Henry Poras
What's wrong with /opt/oracle as ORACLE_BASE (/opt/oracle/product/8.1.x as ORACLE_HOME)? Henry -Original Message- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, February 15, 2002 3:30 PM >Hi All: > >I am trying to install an upgrade to one of my HP servers an

RE: How to change timezone on unix

2002-02-15 Thread Nguyen, David M
Cool. It works. Now how do I just adjust minutes? Thanks Gerardo, David -Original Message- Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Somewhat OT, but on Solaris there is a file (or link) called /etc/default/init /etc/TIMEZONE is supposed to b

RE: HP-UX11(32 bit)/8.1.7/Install Question

2002-02-15 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
Title: FW: HP-UX11(32 bit)/8.1.7/Install Question BINGO!  Thanks a million! -Original Message-From: Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:43 PMTo: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: FW: HP-UX11(32 bit)/8.1.7/Install Question Chec

RE: HP-UX11(32 bit)/8.1.7/Install Question

2002-02-15 Thread Hand, Michael T
Mike, You said you moved everything. Did that include redefining ORACLE_BASE. I thought that what the installer used as the default path for the oraInventory directory. I don't know if that's the case when you've got an existing oraInventory though. I'm slogging through Universal Installer in

RE: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Ji, Richard
Title: RE: Oracle Advanced Replication Nick,   Does SharePlex support user defined object types?   Richard -Original Message-From: Nick Wagner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:09 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Oracle Advance

RE: RE: Rollback Segment Problem

2002-02-15 Thread Khedr, Waleed
It's nice to see people appreciate learning something new! -Original Message- Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:55 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L It might not get reset, but it's not a public information and the behavior of it can change from one version to another . It is

Re: HP-UX11(32 bit)/8.1.7/Install Question

2002-02-15 Thread traci . l . rebman
Check the /var/opt/oracle/oraInst.loc file. Traci Rebman Oracle Database Administrator R.R. Donnelley & Sons Financial "Vergara,

RE: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Dejam, Ruth
Quest also has excellent technical support and are quick with patches (day or 3) if you run into anything really funky. > -Original Message- > From: Nick Wagner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 2:09 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject:

RE: URGENT: need help by point in time recovery

2002-02-15 Thread Dejam, Ruth
*** Standard Disclaimer: If you've never cloned a database before, please try this out in a test environment first. Yeah, it really is that easy. We pretty much only use this method for testing bug fixes so I would suggest that if you want the resulting database around for any length of time,

RE: How to change timezone on unix

2002-02-15 Thread Molina, Gerardo
Somewhat OT, but on Solaris there is a file (or link) called /etc/default/init /etc/TIMEZONE is supposed to be a link to this file also. There should be a line in that file like: TZ=US/Eastern Change this to the desired value and reboot server. Root access is required. What values are a

HP-UX11(32 bit)/8.1.7/Install Question

2002-02-15 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
Hi All: I am trying to install an upgrade to one of my HP servers and it's making me crazy. The previous DBA used /opt/oracle/ as his ORACLE_BASE. I have since moved everything to a more ofa-like structure and changed all the pointers and stuff. Now, though, when I run the 8.1.7 installer from

Re: SOLVED ORA-01473: cannot have subqueries in CONNECT BY clause

2002-02-15 Thread Jan Pruner
only if somebody will look for ... "Note that you can't trick Oracle by using CONNECT BY PRIOR on a view that does the join. " http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~orafaq/sql.html#QryTree http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/connectby.html http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~igrdb/docs/Oracle/dvs-db-orac-faq.htm

Re: Personal Experiences in Oracle

2002-02-15 Thread tday6
My comments are interleaved: Lissa Lieberum To: Multiple recipients of list ORA

6i Generate Server Model question ???

2002-02-15 Thread Leslie Lu
Hi, I created a user deli/deli with the following priviledges: CREATE SESSION CREATE USER DROP USER EXECUTE ANY PROCEDURE UNLIMITED TABLESPACE I can use this user/pwd to login to a database without problem. But when I use 6

Re: Personal Experiences in Oracle

2002-02-15 Thread Joe Raube
> I'm doing as much research as possible in preparation for a possible career change >as an Oracle DBA/P. I would appreciate some feedback on what your personal >experience has been: What is your current background??? and why do you want to change? > i.e., > Are you happy with your career in

Oracle PL/SQL EXTPROC Security Alert Question

2002-02-15 Thread Pat Howe
Oracle has issued the following PL/SQL EXTPROC security alert : http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_datab ase_id=NEW&p_id=140815.995 I want to determine if the applications I am supporting are using External Procedures. If they are not then I will utilize Oracl

RE: Rows Locked

2002-02-15 Thread Arun Chakrapani
Most of the time you can find out which row the user is waiting on the row_Wait_row# will tell you what row it is waiting on and row_wait_block# will tell you what block it is waiting and row_wait_file# will tell you which file it is waiting for all the above information u can get from v$session

RE: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Nick Wagner
Title: RE: Oracle Advanced Replication All this talk of replication is really nice.   SharePlex for Oracle, can handle master to master replication. Conflicts are handled via pl/sql procedures inside the database, where you can determine exactly what happens when there is a conflict. ShareP

ORA-01473: cannot have subqueries in CONNECT BY clause

2002-02-15 Thread Jan Pruner
Hello, can somebody help me (or send a web link) to solve problem with ORA-01473? Thanks 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: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, Cal

RE: Rows Locked

2002-02-15 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Try this might need to tweak a bit ... SELECT owner || '.' || object_name || ' [' || object_type || ']' obj_info, dbms_rowid.rowid_create(1, row_wait_obj#, ROW_WAIT_FILE#, ROW_WAIT_BLOCK#,ROW_WAIT_ROW#) "Rowid", a.username, a.sid, a.row_wait_file#, a.row_wait_block#, a

RE: RE: Rollback Segment Problem

2002-02-15 Thread Gogala, Mladen
It might not get reset, but it's not a public information and the behavior of it can change from one version to another . It is unclear and undefined what happens when the number of transactions on a rollback segments reaches the MAXVALUE. There are several possibilities: a) It wraps around and

Personal Experiences in Oracle

2002-02-15 Thread Lissa Lieberum
Hello all.  I'm new to this mailing list and hoping I can count on you for some feedback to help me make an important decision.    I'm doing as much research as possible in preparation for a possible career change as an Oracle DBA/P. I would appreciate some feedback on  what your personal e

Re: URGENT: need help by point in time recovery

2002-02-15 Thread Ray Stell
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 10:03:48AM -0800, Dejam, Ruth wrote: > We use that method for our 8.0.6 testing environments all the time. > I don't know if it's supported but it's a really fast, easy way to get what > you need. neat, is it as easy as I stated, just dropping out the ts you don't wa

Sessions Hang When Not Being Traced/Unhang When Being Traced

2002-02-15 Thread Tom Pall
Anybody seen this before?   Running 8.1.5.0 on Solaris.  We have a third party product written in java which runs for a certain amount of time then hangs.  I don't see any locks or waits for the applications sessions.  This does not happen if I put sql_trace=true in the init file and bounce t

RE: Rows Locked

2002-02-15 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Yes. Trial and error method. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Is there a way to find out what rows are being locked ? Thanks -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Alroy Mascrang

RE: ERR: ORA-04031 unable to allocate

2002-02-15 Thread Jared . Still
> I'm going to place Occum's Razor above > my screen in BIG LETTERS. Just be careful you don't cut your throat with it. ;) Jared "Baker, Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/15/02 09:38 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACL

RE: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Gary Weber
Pete, I've implemented a very similar solution recently for BEA-based application. Two database servers, Multi-master replication between two databases, 1 minute propagation interval. Works great on our hardware, which was designed for the purpose and is pretty fast. Small transactions - OLTP stu

RE: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Baker, Barbara
---u possible down time of a standby? one out-of-synch condition with Advanced Replication can cause you hours of down time. I'd suggest you continue to question the consultants about the choice of AR as a failover solution. If you're running at least 8.1.7, standby is normally a better choic

Re: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Stephane Faroult
'Down time', ah. Switching to another machine is not that easy a decision to take. Remember that when you switch from the main machine to its spare, you also jump from an architecture in which you have two machines in synch (more or less), to a single-machine architecture. This is often overlooked

RE: UNIX SCRIPT

2002-02-15 Thread Bellows, Bambi
Here's basically what you need to do: 1) Write a script which determines which files to backup (hit the DBA and V$ tables) 2) Shutdown the database 3) Once you have those files, use them as a driver in a for|while loop (for each file, A) Check if it's raw or UFS if [ raw ] then u

Developer Interview Questions?

2002-02-15 Thread Miller, Jay
I've been asked to conduct a technical interview for a new PL/SQL developer, with an emphasis on performance tuning issues (which is why I'm doing it instead of one of the existing developers who seem to have some difficulty with the idea of running something through Explain Plan before sending it

RE: URGENT: need help by point in time recovery

2002-02-15 Thread Dejam, Ruth
We use that method for our 8.0.6 testing environments all the time. I don't know if it's supported but it's a really fast, easy way to get what you need. > -Original Message- > From: Ray Stell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 8:14 AM > To: Multiple recipie

Re: UNIX SCRIPT

2002-02-15 Thread Jared . Still
Please check www.orafaq.com Also, a google search will yield more scripts than you can use. Find one that meets your needs, modify if necessary, test it til you know it works. Jared Hamid Alavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/15/02 09:24 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L

RE: ERR: ORA-04031 unable to allocate

2002-02-15 Thread Mohammad Rafiq
Barbara, What is the size of shared_pool_size and shared_pool_reserved_size.. If shared_pool_reserved_size not set then set it 10% of your shared_pool. In 8i default is 5% of shared_pool if not set. In 7.3.4 default was most possibly 0(zero)... I hope this may help in resolving your shared p

RE: another security issue with Oracle 9.x

2002-02-15 Thread Nick Wagner
Title: another security issue with Oracle 9.x There is also the   sqlplus "/ as sysdba"   breach as well...   make sure you have your password files set up.  -Original Message-From: Jacques Kilchoer Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:58 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Peter Barnett
This is a project being managed by outside consultants. Their original request was to have two servers each with databases installed. One of these servers was to be shut down sitting next to the primary server. If one failed, fire up the second server, switch the network connection and start th

RE: Oracle and Apache Web server bottleneck

2002-02-15 Thread Vergara, Michael (TEM)
Don: Ok...so now the question is 'why are the http processes choking the system?'. I loaded the Oracle Apache web server on a little one-lung HP C110 workstation, and it ran fine with the default number of http processes, which I think was 8 or 10. I did throttle it back to four because this is

RE: UNIX SCRIPT

2002-02-15 Thread Kevin Lange
Thats a rather open question. What are you doing your backup to ? Simply to another disk drive or are you putting the files out to a tape? If you are using a tape, are you using some kind of tape management software or simply copying the files to the tape ? Are you copying it all to a backup mac

RE: ERR: ORA-04031 unable to allocate

2002-02-15 Thread Baker, Barbara
Dennis: I DO have my reputation to consider. Cantankerous is probably the nicest thing anyone's ever said about me. I actually did find the problem. One of the tables was recently re-loaded (via some Access piece-of-junk BEHIND the dba's back!), and the normaly process that analyzes tables miss

Weird ODBC Issue

2002-02-15 Thread Bellows, Bambi
I'm not exactly sure why, but I have a user who wants to see Oracle tables in Access. Whatever. So, the user can go into our pal SCOTT/TIGER no problem and look at tables from user_tables (not all_tables, which I find weird, but, what the hay). But, if the user tries to go into APPS/APPS, he ca

Re: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Jared . Still
Pete, Have you considered using a standby database? More suitable for failover than Advanced Replication, and much easier to implement and maintain. Jared Peter Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/14/02 03:03 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple

RE: Frequency of Analyze

2002-02-15 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Arslan - Yes, I agree with Bunyamin. I perform weekly analyzes on my OLTP databases. This allows me to create a history of table growth for capacity projections. I have found a weekly measure of table rows is a reasonable balance between the ability to catch unexpected events and the effort requir

Re: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread Peter Barnett
Howdy, Once the consultants understood their requirements, they did not want the possible down time of a standby database. We actually have a really slick Veritas fail over solution installed but it only works on Solaris and the servers on this project are AIX. Bummer... Pete --- [EMAIL PROTE

UNIX SCRIPT

2002-02-15 Thread Hamid Alavi
HI LIST, I AM LOOKING FOR A SCRIPT TO MAKE A COLD BACKUP FOR ORACLE 8.1.6 ON SunOS 5.7. I want to schedule this script to shutdown the database at mid night and make a backup then start it up at 5:00 AM. Any URL or link or any document it will be very helpful. Hamid Alavi Office 818 737-0526

RE: Frequency of Analyze

2002-02-15 Thread Wong, Bing
I analyze weekly as well as rebuilding index weekly on 8.1.7.2 on HP. -Original Message- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: 2/15/02 8:23 AM Can't say about recommended, but we analyze most of our tables weekly (during a slow time on Sunday) and the two tables that have lot

RE: Oracle and Apache Web server bottleneck

2002-02-15 Thread Don
Yes, that is autoraid. The db is not all that big yet, so the array stats show that db stuff is staying in RAID +1. Glance is showing that the httpd processes are choking the CPUs, forcing other jobs to go to "sleep". At 2/14/02, you wrote: >Hm...a 12x36 disk array. Is that an AutoRAID? > >

RE: ERR: ORA-04031 unable to allocate

2002-02-15 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Barbara - Been there done that. I have stubbornly made the same statements. This is why some co-workers say DBAs are cantankerous. My best guess is that there is something about that query. Give up, increase SHARED_POOL_SIZE. Then your coworkers will start saying how easy you are to get along with

RE: Frequency of Analyze

2002-02-15 Thread Miller, Jay
Can't say about recommended, but we analyze most of our tables weekly (during a slow time on Sunday) and the two tables that have lots of delete and insert activity and often vary widely in size from day to day are analyzed daily. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:23 A

How to change timezone on unix

2002-02-15 Thread Nguyen, David M
How do I change timezone on unix?   Thanks, David

Re: Frequency of Analyze

2002-02-15 Thread Bunyamin K. Karadeniz
Title: Frequency of Analyze It is due to your data change. If small number of of data change occurs  you may need to do it monthly . But I have read somewhere that Analyze is recommended for every week for oltp databases.   Bunyamin   - Original Message - From: Arslan Da

RE: Optimizer and function based index

2002-02-15 Thread Seefelt, Beth
Thank you! I completely missed that in the documentation. That explains why I can't get it to use the index even with a hint. What an annoying, and seemingly unnecessary restriction. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 9:48 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

SV: Unixscript

2002-02-15 Thread Stefan Jakobsson
One soultion (if we are talking about "pure" files) is to set up samba with a shared directory on the unix can, then a cron job that copies the file you are interested in at regular intervalls to the sambashare.   Then you can copy the files from the samba share to your windows machine with

Re: Async I/O on Sun Solaris

2002-02-15 Thread Peter Barnett
Async IO on Solaris does not work - or at least it has not worked with lower OS releases. Someone might have more up to date information on Solaris 8. --- "Daiminger, Helmut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > How can I find out whether my operating system > supports async I/O? Can I > turn

RE: my boss wants a report !!!

2002-02-15 Thread Jesse, Rich
Join the Oracle Reserves! Just one weekend a month and two weeks a year. A DBA of One. We fix more SQL before 9:00 than most DBAs do all day. :) Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA -Orig

RE: ERR: ORA-04031 unable to allocate

2002-02-15 Thread Baker, Barbara
Jared: I did look at this article. I'd buy that I have a shared pool problem if I were seeing other problems in the database. However, I'm still confused that I see the problem only with this 1 query, that it's so easily reproducible only for this query, and the the other 100-or-so users in the d

RE: my boss wants a report !!!

2002-02-15 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Good idea, Burleson shows how to do that in Oracle High-Performance Tuning with Statspack. Cut and paste into MS Excel charts. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 7:43 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, I

RE: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-15 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Peter - Since nobody seems to be answering your question, I guess you get the second tier here. I have not used Oracle Replication, but I have studied it some. The first thing I seem to always hear about Oracle's Replication is that you must be careful or it won't be able to keep up. The other thi

RE: ERR: ORA-04031 unable to allocate

2002-02-15 Thread Baker, Barbara
Stephane: Today, original query either runs in 1 minute, or errors with 4031 in 1 minute. I find that odd . . . Regardless, your examples are quite lovely! The first returns the result set in less than 1 second. Thanks for taking the time to look at this, and for the code. I really appreciate

Re: Why the command box when starting 9i worksheet

2002-02-15 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
I was wondering the same thing. I'm on XP Prof. Ken Janusz, CPIM - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:18 AM > Environment Win 2k,Oracle 9i > When starting sql worksheet Oracle also starts a command box fo

Library Cache wait -- Who is holding this latch

2002-02-15 Thread Gupta, Brijesh
Title: Message Hi All     I have a session which is waiting for Library Cache latch for 6 hours. How can I find who is holding this latch. This session is executing a pl/sql script ( Not package ). Latch#  60 is library cache latch.     Here is from v$session_wait     1  select * from v$s

RE: From MsAccess to Oracle

2002-02-15 Thread Seefelt, Beth
Use ADO. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:03 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hallo, Please tellme how to write the MsAccess procedure to call the pl/sql procedure proc_konk, I am not using ADO in MsAccess The pl(/sqlprocedure looks like this: Proced

Frequency of Analyze

2002-02-15 Thread Arslan Dar
Title: Frequency of Analyze What is the recommended frequency of analyzing schemas in an OLTP environment? DB size near 8 GB. Oracle 8.1.7.0.0 on NT 4. Arslan Zaheer Dar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Database Administrator Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre www.shaukatkhanum

Re: Optimizer and function based index

2002-02-15 Thread Ratnesh Kumar Singh
Oracle function based indexes do not work if OR clause is used .This is mentioned in the oracle docs. I think if u use union clause it may work out . try and see... > --- "Seefelt, Beth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi everybody, > > > > I'm hoping someone can help me understand this

From MsAccess to Oracle

2002-02-15 Thread Roland . Skoldblom
Hallo, Please tellme how to write the MsAccess procedure to call the pl/sql procedure proc_konk, I am not using ADO in MsAccess The pl(/sqlprocedure looks like this: Procedure proc_konk (v_butiks_nr in pbk.konkurrentbutik.BUTIKS_NR%type, v_namn in pbk.konkurrentbutik.NAMN%type, v_butiktyp

Re: Unixscript

2002-02-15 Thread Ray Stell
On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 03:53:20AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hallo, > > Anyone who has a good example on a unix script, which does the following: > > Copies files from a unix directory. to the hard drive, for instance from the >directory /konto/test > to the hard drive C:\temp > --

RE: URGENT Help on tracking unauthorized login to Oracle Database

2002-02-15 Thread Mandal, Ashoke
Thanks a lot. Ashoke -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:03 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Database Ashoke, In chapter 24, go through : "Managing Audit Trail Information" "Setting Auditing Options"

Why the command box when starting 9i worksheet

2002-02-15 Thread Rick_Cale
Environment Win 2k,Oracle 9i When starting sql worksheet Oracle also starts a command box for sqlplus.exe. Why is it implemented this way. I can live with it but just seems annoying to have yet another window open. Thanks Rick -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com --

Re: Unixscript

2002-02-15 Thread DBarbour
Roland,I take my life in my hands, but here goes..The script you are looking for doesn't exist per se.  There are a number of variables involved in the transaction you describe (transferring a file from Unix to PC) that need to be defined before a solution can be developed.1. Who will initi

email list groups for Windows NT and 2000

2002-02-15 Thread Bob Robert
Are there any good email list groups for Windows NT and 2000 servers ? Thanks in Advance, Bob Robert __ Do You Yahoo!? Got something to say? Say it better with Yahoo! Video Mail http://mail.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http:

RE: my boss wants a report !!!

2002-02-15 Thread michaelcupp
Title: RE: my boss wants a report !!! Jeez!  What do you do for the other 300 days a year?!  ;) -Original Message- From: Abdul Aleem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 5:43 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: my boss wants a report !!!

Re: Optimizer and function based index

2002-02-15 Thread Stephane Faroult
Can also try UNION. Connor McDonald wrote: > > Add a hint to force it to use the index, and then > check the costs - this may assist in telling you why > the index was not chosen. > > Also, maybe see what happens using IN instead of OR > > hth > connor > > --- "Seefelt, Beth" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Time zones and TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ

2002-02-15 Thread Jonathan Gennick
I have a question for anyone who might have ventured to try out Oracle9i's new datetime features. I'm experimenting with TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ, and I find that it doesn't recognize time zone abbreviations as [I think] it should. For example: SQL> select TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ ('Abril 12 1991, 15:00 CET', 2 '

RE: my boss wants a report !!!

2002-02-15 Thread michaelcupp
Title: RE: my boss wants a report !!! I would say % - Where could it be ultimately, vs where it is now - turn that into a %, and explain what contributes to the less than 100% (Memory, processors, etc!)  Use it to get more budget $$'s!  ;) -Original Message- From: Rahul [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [sans@sans.org: SANS FLASH ALERT: Widespread SNMP Vul

2002-02-15 Thread Joan Hsieh
We opened a tar with oracle. Ray Stell wrote: > > I hadn't seen this text, where did you get it? > They still have not responded to Doc ID: 189174.995 > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 01:26:57PM -0800, Joan Hsieh wrote: > > Hello, > > > > This is what oracle responsed; > > > > 1. EM does not use SN

Re: my boss wants a report !!!

2002-02-15 Thread claudio cutelli
Hi, I think you should make some graphics from the statspack table or somethings like that Ciao - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 5:13 AM > list, > the management has asked me to report the activities

OCP 9i SQL Exam

2002-02-15 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
Has anyone taken the OCP 9i SQL Exam (1Z0-007) via on-line and used Couchman's book as a study guide?  If so, what was your success and how would you rate this book as being useful?   Thanks, Ken Janusz, CPIM

Re: Unixscript

2002-02-15 Thread Gene Sais
Unix to pc, best to use ftp. I always run from pc, i.e. no need to run ftp server on pc. You could always run samba on your unix server. If its only a few dirs I use the following 2 files. Run the ftpbackup.bat file. 1) ftpbackup.bat — cut here —-

RE: another security issue with Oracle 9.x

2002-02-15 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Oracle has already responded to this issue. 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,

Re: Optimizer and function based index

2002-02-15 Thread Connor McDonald
Add a hint to force it to use the index, and then check the costs - this may assist in telling you why the index was not chosen. Also, maybe see what happens using IN instead of OR hth connor --- "Seefelt, Beth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I'm hoping someone can help me

Cluster query

2002-02-15 Thread O'Neill, Sean
So our Sys Admins bods are talking about clustering using Compaq kit for W2K based server with an 8.1.7 DB. I take it we're talking implementing OPS from the DBA POV?. Are there other possibilites?. Anyone any experience with above mentioned H/W and S/W care to share hard won experience, gotcha

Unixscript

2002-02-15 Thread Roland . Skoldblom
Hallo, Anyone who has a good example on a unix script, which does the following: Copies files from a unix directory. to the hard drive, for instance from the directory /konto/test to the hard drive C:\temp Would appreciate this if you could help me with this. Thanks in advance Roland --

Import Behaviour on constraints

2002-02-15 Thread Arslan Dar
Title: Import Behaviour on constraints Hi list, Here is a quick question which often bothers me I have a schema A, B and C All three have integrity constraints referring to each other like, Schema A has some child tables whose parent tables are in schema B Schema B has some child tables w

RE: my boss wants a report !!!

2002-02-15 Thread Steve . Parker
That's the DBA job for me only 56 days a year ;-) Steve Parker Technical Consultant LIS E Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

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