Line No in Oracle Error

2002-06-04 Thread cosltemp-g . manoj
BDY.RTF Description: RTF file

RE: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread Peter . McLarty
Possibly yes It would depend on how many datafiles in the "small" db compared to the production db, I am guessing that the nfile and maxfile values you have are too low for a production server. Cheers -- Peter McLarty E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Techni

RE: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Sinardy Xing
Hi, Why don't you just copy and paste those 100 records to other file and load from that new file. Sinardy -Original Message- Sent: 05 June 2002 12:28 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L The parameters LOAD and SKIP determine how many records to load and skip. By default ALL rec

RE: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
Kirthi NOTE Point 3) (Bottom) We were able to OPEN a Small Dummy Database on the Failing Production Server . If the system wide limit for the number of simultaneously open files is exceeded Would the Dummy Database OOEN Either ? NOTE nfile = 200 max_files = 200 Approx 75 User processes All in

RE: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread Peter . McLarty
HP-UX allocates as required these are limit values, if I remember rightly there is a slight memory overhead with some of these parameters, it is in the order of 1 MB supports all values or some such, it is negligible however it still exists. I think maxprocs is the culprit as it builds an empt

RE: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Ferenc Mantfeld
The parameters LOAD and SKIP determine how many records to load and skip. By default ALL records are loaded. HTH. Regards: Ferenc Mantfeld Senior Performance Engineer Siebel Performance Engineering Melbourne, 3000, VIC, Australia > * +61-412-232-056 > * use mobile please Please note 17 hour time

RE: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
John, That's a splendid idea. I forgot about it.. Thanks. - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Vivek, Just to add a simple way of determining the extent of overflow, you could use the sar -v command. This will al

Re: help

2002-06-04 Thread Joe Testa
Ferenc, feel free to join : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oracle-l-ot/ joe Deshpande, Kirti wrote: >Oh! Come on !! That's for idiots !! ;) > >BTW, there is a separate OT list on yahoo groups for oracle-l members. I >forget the URL but I am sure Joe Testa will post it. > >- Kirti > >-Orig

select 'RTF*ing sql product comparison on windows 2000' "RTFSPCOW" from dual;

2002-06-04 Thread Eric D. Pierce
for those that are always asking for sql product comparisons, see below. (sorry if this was already posted, or everyone knows it already, and i just wasn't paying any attention.) ---excerpt--- http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s=708&a=23115,00.asp ( ftp://ftp.eweek.com/pub/eweek/pdf/print

Re: help

2002-06-04 Thread Sergey V Dolgov
Hello Ferenc, OK, just try this: log in as root rm -f /etc/* reboot And all will be fine :-))) Wednesday, June 05, 2002, 8:23:27 AM, you wrote: FM> help -- Best regards, Sergeymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.ora

Re: Docs dilemna Was: Where is README

2002-06-04 Thread Lyubomir Petrov
> So my problem is now how to enable our system > analysts/developers who do not have x-windows to view these files x-windows? hey, where is the real *nix spirit here - the black&white terminal, lynx, vi... I believe that the guys at Oracle Corp. haven't put any pictures in the readme file, so y

RE: help

2002-06-04 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Oh! Come on !! That's for idiots !! ;) BTW, there is a separate OT list on yahoo groups for oracle-l members. I forget the URL but I am sure Joe Testa will post it. - Kirti -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 8:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L help -- Ple

RE: Remove Duplicates

2002-06-04 Thread Larry Elkins
Now that's a blast from the past. What's it been, two or three years since we have seen Ferenc make an appearance? Regards, Larry G. Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] 214.954.1781 -Original Message- Kirti Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:22 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi Ferenc,

help

2002-06-04 Thread Ferenc Mantfeld
help -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ferenc Mantfeld INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists --

RE: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread John Kanagaraj
Vivek, Just to add a simple way of determining the extent of overflow, you could use the sar -v command. This will also display other OS counters as well. 00:00:02 proc-sz ov inod-sz ov file-sz ov lock-sz 00:20:02 435/2580 0 4641/8816 0 7593/16884 0 25/33168 In fact, I would

automatic refresh of delta data for materialized views

2002-06-04 Thread Ferenc Mantfeld
Hi All I have a very large data set for a DW and I created a materialized view on it to give me a quick access to group by and summarization results, I want some way to be able to update the MV with just the delta after I perform an incremental load to the base fact or dimension tables on which t

RE: Oracle on NT

2002-06-04 Thread Michael P Sale
Although Oracle _usually_ works fine with UNCs throughout, but I suggest that you map a drive to avoid potential problems. The local system account should NOT be used if you are attempting to perform some type of priveleged activity that would require adding privs (e.g. accessing anything via the

RE: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Vivek, You are right, this is an OS related issue, but a DBA must be aware of why it happens ;) Error 23 means 'File Table Overflow' and it is generated when the system wide limit for the number of simultaneously open files is exceeded. It is controlled by a kernel parameter 'nfile'. which defau

RE: Oracle on NT

2002-06-04 Thread Michael P Sale
Your assumption is correct. You can change this user as well, but you need to make sure that this user has the proper permissions. To make your life simpler you can just make sure that you make sure that this user is a member of the local administrators group. Side Question: Your assumption is ag

Re: any sql or pl/sql distribution list

2002-06-04 Thread Nalla Ravi
Hi Peter, Thanks --- Peter Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > oracle developer tools users group. www.odtug.com > maintains a list at fat city. > > > --- Nalla Ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Like this any sqlplus or pl/sql message board > where > > I > > can clear doubt

RE: Oracle on NT

2002-06-04 Thread Seefelt, Beth
Hi Paul, I believe you are correct on all counts. I have not used RMAN on NT, but if it will handle UNCs that might be the way to go. I believe that the local system account runs with the profile of the .Default user. If you could get the drive map into that profile that might work for you

Re: custom DD views to allow users to see source without needing exe rights

2002-06-04 Thread Mario J Gonzalez
Hi, Jack & list, We had the same problem here and we finally resolved it in a similar way. We created 3 views as sys : all_objects_xx, all_arguments_xx and all_source_xx, synonyms for both views and granted select permissions to user. But, we still have a problem. User needs to debug packages (s

Oracle on NT

2002-06-04 Thread Paul Baumgartel
A couple of basic questions, if you'll indulge me: 1. Does the Oracle service on Win2K run in the security domain of its login user (LocalSys)? 2. If so, would that explain why RMAN can't write to a network drive that's mapped by a different user who is logged in to the domain rather than the l

Re:RE: db link service name resolution via Oracle Names?

2002-06-04 Thread dgoulet
Bill, You can create them, but it isn't easy since you've got to add qualifiers and they don't work like they use to. Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: "Magaliff; Bill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 6/4/2002 1:22 PM thanks to both of you . . . wi

Re: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread Tim Gorman
text file is usually "/usr/include/sys/errno.h" on most UNIX platforms... - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:09 PM > Hi, > > As I remember "Error Num 23" is OS error code. Contact your system admin. There sh

Re: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread Suzy Vordos
If Solaris it's either /usr/include/sys/errno.h or /usr/include/errno.h. "Danisment Gazi Unal (ubTools)" wrote: > > Hi, > > As I remember "Error Num 23" is OS error code. Contact your system admin. There >should > be a text file which defines OS error codes. > > VIVEK_SHARMA wrote: > > > So

RE: RE: linux vs any other os

2002-06-04 Thread kkennedy
I thought they were calling it Windux... -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Interesting, Windows sucks harder that Linux rules!! BTW: anyone here on the Lindows Beta test?? Dick Goulet Reply Separator_

Re: any sql or pl/sql distribution list

2002-06-04 Thread Peter Barnett
oracle developer tools users group. www.odtug.com maintains a list at fat city. --- Nalla Ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Like this any sqlplus or pl/sql message board where > I > can clear doubts. > > Thanks, > Ravi > > __ > Do You

RE: Urgent: Retrieving Disk Space

2002-06-04 Thread Ferenc Mantfeld
Why don't you try to 'alter table move' the table to the tablespace it should be in. If no other objects are beyond the block of the block 0 of the segment, you should be able to resize the system01.dbf file. If something else got created and is owned by SYS beyond the last block of this dubious s

Re: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread Danisment Gazi Unal (ubTools)
Hi, As I remember "Error Num 23" is OS error code. Contact your system admin. There should be a text file which defines OS error codes. VIVEK_SHARMA wrote: > Solved > > Database OPENed Successfully on another HP-UX Box Without any ORA-1092 > The Same Oracle & OS Versions Existed on Both HP-UX B

Re: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread Stephane Faroult
VIVEK_SHARMA wrote: > > Solved > > Database OPENed Successfully on another HP-UX Box Without any ORA-1092 > The Same Oracle & OS Versions Existed on Both HP-UX Boxes . > > NOTE Though ORA-1092 was often succeeded by the message :- > "Error Num 23" > NO Idea what Error Num 23 Stands for ? > Thus

Re: Remove Duplicates

2002-06-04 Thread Stephane Faroult
Ferenc, I agree with your improvement on the first query but I disagree about your opinion about the EXCEPTIONS method. Especially if there are not too many (in proportion) duplicates you can remove them as follows : create table my_table_dup as select distinct * from

custom DD views to allow users to see source without needing exe rights

2002-06-04 Thread Jack Silvey
Good afternoon co-listers, Recently we had a problem with TOAD and I thought I would share our solution. TOAD looks at the views ALL_ARGUMENTS and ALL_OBJECTS to see procedural code. Unless a user has the ability to execute a package/procedure/function, they cannot see the source code through th

RE: Type problems with PL/SQL function as a Java wrapper.

2002-06-04 Thread Jesse, Rich
Woo-hoo! That's it! Thanks, Ganesh! :) Look out World, I can print from an Oracle procedure now! ;) Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA > -Original Message- > From: Ganesh Raja [mai

RE: Production Database Open Fails after Mount

2002-06-04 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
Solved Database OPENed Successfully on another HP-UX Box Without any ORA-1092 The Same Oracle & OS Versions Existed on Both HP-UX Boxes . NOTE Though ORA-1092 was often succeeded by the message :- "Error Num 23" NO Idea what Error Num 23 Stands for ? Thus This seems to be Some OS /Hardware I

RE: db link service name resolution via Oracle Names?

2002-06-04 Thread Magaliff, Bill
thanks to both of you . . . will change SQLNET params Dick - are you saying that Names v8i doesn't create the global db links any more? -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:28 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Just a couple of notes w/ names I just learned of whe

any sql or pl/sql distribution list

2002-06-04 Thread Nalla Ravi
Hi, Like this any sqlplus or pl/sql message board where I can clear doubts. Thanks, Ravi __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Please see the officia

RE: Remove Duplicates

2002-06-04 Thread Deshpande, Kirti
Hi Ferenc,    Welcome back !!  We missed you   - Kirti -Original Message-From: Ferenc Mantfeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 3:49 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Remove Duplicates Tom. Replies below. Regards: Fer

RE: Database link performance

2002-06-04 Thread John Kanagaraj
Michael, Did you try this with the DRIVING_SITE hint? (May not help, but worth trying). My understanding is that where a STOPKEY such as rownum is involved, the table (or the result of the query) would be brought across the dblink into the local TEMP tablespace and the STOPKEY applied lare on. Wh

RE: UPGRADE PROBLEM

2002-06-04 Thread James A
you did not install the new runInstaller for 817 so it is using the old version. You have to use the runInstaller from the CD or your install directory. Basically install the new runInstaller and you should be ok. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:53 AM To: Multiple

RE: FW: UPGRADE PROBLEM

2002-06-04 Thread Hamid Alavi
But when you use original CD, that device won't be avaialbe for the CD with patch? -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Normally I run the installer from the original CD. Dick Goulet Reply Separator__

RE: Remove Duplicates

2002-06-04 Thread Ferenc Mantfeld
Tom. Replies below. Regards: Ferenc Mantfeld Senior Performance Engineer Siebel Performance Engineering Melbourne, 3000, VIC, Australia -Original Message-From: Terrian, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, 4 June 2002 11:54 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject:

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
wouldn't an "INSTEAD OF" trigger solve the problem here? that way, he could program an insert/update any way he wants to... Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I think that somet

Re:FW: UPGRADE PROBLEM

2002-06-04 Thread dgoulet
Normally I run the installer from the original CD. Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: Hamid Alavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 6/4/2002 12:02 PM Hi I have sent the following message to list this morning, but unfortunaitly havn't received any response

Re: Remove Duplicates

2002-06-04 Thread Stephane Faroult
Tom, EXCEPTIONS, without the shadow of a doubt. -- Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole Software -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego

Re: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Stephane Faroult
I think that something such as insert into my_table select new_start_time, new_end_time (both constants) from dual (well known view on x$dual) where not exists (select null from my_table where new_start_time between start_time and end_time

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Pragma restrict_references is an old mechanism. The new trick is to declare function as deterministic. For pragma, the function had to be a part of a package. Deterministic function, on the other hand, does not have to be a part of anything. > -Original Message- > From: Khedr, Waleed [mai

RE: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread Paul Baumgartel
Well said, Peter. I always admired Digital technology and have come to appreciate its virtues even more after experiences with its competitors. A shame, indeed. --- Peter Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a shame that Digital had such good computer > scientists and such lousy marketing.

Re[2]:db link service name resolution via Oracle Names?

2002-06-04 Thread dgoulet
Jared, Onames 8.1 did not mess up global names, but it did mess up global database links. In the earlier versions you could specify what service name you wanted to use as a global database link to a server and what account it would loggin to. In 8.1 they made a real mess of that capability

FW: UPGRADE PROBLEM

2002-06-04 Thread Hamid Alavi
Hi I have sent the following message to list this morning, but unfortunaitly havn't received any response for that, don't know is any body recived it or not? Your respond to this one is very valuable for me thanks > -Original Message- > From: Hamid Alavi > Sent: Tuesday, June

Re: Remove Duplicates

2002-06-04 Thread Rachel Carmichael
your second query will identify the rowids that are duplicates but will not delete them. You'd have to then go through the exceptions table to actually delete the rows. however, the exceptions table is a good way to get an idea of how many rows will be deleted. If you do have a large number of ro

RE: Type problems with PL/SQL function as a Java wrapper.

2002-06-04 Thread Ganesh Raja
Main is a reserved function in Java you cannot use that in your programs. I just did this by changing the name to test. And it works. HTH Best Regards, Ganesh R Tel : +971 (4) 397 3337 Ext 420 Fax : +971 (4) 397 6262 HP : +971 (50) 745 6019 Li

Re:RE: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread Gene Sais
I worked w/ ultrix, was horrendous! Dec OSF/1 never took off, better than Ultrix but bad unix. Then came Digital Unix, not bad, but still not the best. But I did like the advanced filesystem, esp. cloning filesets, great for quick backups! Gene >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/04/02 03:13PM >>> I n

Re:db link service name resolution via Oracle Names?

2002-06-04 Thread Gene Sais
Just a couple of notes w/ names I just learned of when our primary Oracle names server failed. Change the default failover time using these parameters in your sqlnet.ora. NAMES.INITIAL_RETRY_TIMEOUT = 5 # Wait # Seconds before going to next nameserver, def=15 NAMES.REQUEST_RETRIES = 2

RE: oracle connection

2002-06-04 Thread Richard Huntley
Title: RE: oracle connection Are you using MTS or dedicated connection?  If MTS, first do a client trace, if that turns up nothing, just for kicks try adding (SERVER=dedicated) to your client tnsnames.ora file and see if allows you to log in by bypassing MTS. -Original Message- From

Re:RE: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread Kip . Bryant
I never saw Ultrix but have heard other horror stories on this list and elsewhere. My first exposure to Dec was in '93 on the brand new Alpha's running openVMS. 64 bit and VLM long before any other vendor (and long before Oracle supported 64 bit, unfortunately)...and if the DEC wire-heads I wo

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Khedr, Waleed
Create a unique function based index on your table (start_time, end_time) that will return a number that uniquely identify the range. If an overlap took place you should get a duplicate error. I think you should use these PRAGMA's in the function code to fool Oracle that the function is very pure

RE: Database link performance

2002-06-04 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Title: Message Michael,   Queries across database link's are notoriusly slow.  I've just been thru this and came to the conclusion that you should create views on the source database (in your case db_B) to limit the records to be queried via the db link.   I'm not absolutely sure, but in my

Remove Duplicates

2002-06-04 Thread Terrian, Tom
I know I have seen this posted before...   We have a large range partitioned table that has duplicates in it.  What is the fastest way to remove the dups.?  I have the following scripts which do it but may be fast or slow.  What do you guys use? DELETE FROM tablename WHERE ROWID NOT

Re[2]:RE: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread dgoulet
YUP they sure have. I wonder what they'll look like in another 20 years? Reply Separator Author: Peter Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 6/4/2002 10:31 AM Guess we had different experiences. OSF was being replaced in favor of digital unix when I st

Re:db link service name resolution via Oracle Names?

2002-06-04 Thread dgoulet
Bill, With Onames you don't need the TNSnames.ora file anymore. It does resolution of database service names automatically no matter if it's a database or client doing the lookup. Now previous versions of ONames did a very nice job of allowing you to create global database links, but versio

Re: oracle connection

2002-06-04 Thread Danisment Gazi Unal (ubTools)
Hi, It's another bad error to diagnose. But, there should be a good note for ora-3113 at metalink. Also, If Oracle can not know that a process is being terminated, there will be no trace for this error. Because Oracle will not have a chance to dump trace file. regards... Alexandre Gorbatchev

Re:RE: linux vs any other os

2002-06-04 Thread dgoulet
Interesting, Windows sucks harder that Linux rules!! BTW: anyone here on the Lindows Beta test?? Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: "Gogala; Mladen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 6/4/2002 10:09 AM Ite misa est, Linux is the best! > -Original Mess

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Richard Huntley
Title: RE: Complex Integrity Checking Iulian, The solution for ORA-4091 is to create two triggers--a row level and a statement level. In the row level you simply record the values of :new.start_time and :new.end_time into a PL/SQL table.  Then in the statement level trigger you perform the c

Re:RE: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread Peter Barnett
Guess we had different experiences. OSF was being replaced in favor of digital unix when I started my sys admin days on DECs. They were also Oracle's preferred platform at the time. Things have changed a lot since then. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Peter, > > Please allow me to disagre

db link service name resolution via Oracle Names?

2002-06-04 Thread Magaliff, Bill
Has anyone had success gettin db links to resolve service names using Oracle Names? seem to recall reading something that required the local TNS entry for db links to successfully resolve, but also read that Names automatically creates a global db link for every service name registered with it.

RE: Cache vs. Oracle

2002-06-04 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Title: RE: foreign key what help!! Cache? What is cache? -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:44 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Cache vs. Oracle    

RE: linux vs any other os

2002-06-04 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Ite misa est, Linux is the best! > -Original Message- > From: Sherman, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 12:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: linux vs any other os > > > Although not very scientific, this one is always fun to

Re:RE: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread dgoulet
Peter, Please allow me to disagree. I came from the USAF with a very deep love for DEC hardware and software (VAX/VMS), only to be VERY disappointed by them when I was presented with DEC Ultrix. Their straying into the Unix world was a real nightmare. First off their sales folks over sold

RE: Database link performance

2002-06-04 Thread Gogala, Mladen
Title: Message Level 8? I was using level 10 for all events. -Original Message-From: Cary Millsap [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:33 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Database link performance Use a 10046 level-8 trace,

RE: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
Terry, Type SQLLDR at the command prompt, and all the help is displayed. The answer to your question is : sqlldr load=50 will load only 50 records. Another option is to copy your data file and delete everything except for the number of records to load for testing purposes. Hope this helps.

RE: foreign key what???? help!!

2002-06-04 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: foreign key what help!! Nope,   The parent table has remained unchanged since early April. -Original Message-From: Fink, Dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:28 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: foreign key what

Re: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread KENNETH JANUSZ
Get a copy of SQL*Loader the Definitive Guide by Gennick & Mishra / O'Reilly. You can use command-line parameters in the control file via a the OPTIONS command. For example: OPTIONS (parameter=value[,parameter=value...]) You can use: SKIP=logical_record_count LOAD=logical_record_count (the nu

RE: Cache vs. Oracle

2002-06-04 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: foreign key what help!!     Okay,  I admit it I am somewhat of an Oracle bigot.  Does anyone have objective comparisons between Cache vs. Oracle or any opinions on subject?

RE: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Gogala, Mladen
It is supported on the machines that have implemented RPM instruction in their CPUs. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 12:08 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: SQL*Loader question > > > >

RE: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Toepke, Kevin M
$ sqlldr help=y userid ORACLE username/password control Control file name log Log file name bad Bad file name dataData file name discard Discard file name discardmax Number of discards to allow skipNumber of logi

Type problems with PL/SQL function as a Java wrapper.

2002-06-04 Thread Jesse, Rich
Hey all, Trying to get into this new fangled "Java" thingy in 8.1.7.2.0 on HP/UX. Simple OS exec test, mostly plagarized: // qlp.java import java.lang.Runtime; import java.lang.Process; import java.io.IOException; import java.lang.InterruptedException; public class qlp { public static

Docs dilemna Was: Where is README

2002-06-04 Thread Debi
There it is! I knew someone would know...however, in 8.1.7 it was a text file, now it's html. So my problem is now how to enable our system analysts/developers who do not have x-windows to view these files. We have an apache server running--the ideal solution would be to create an alias for

RE: Database link performance

2002-06-04 Thread Cary Millsap
Title: Message Use a 10046 level-8 trace, and the resulting trace file will show what is significantly impacting your time. I would expect it’s either the time tallied to “SQL*Net message from dblink” or a difference in execution plans.     Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. [EMA

RE: foreign key what???? help!!

2002-06-04 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: foreign key what help!! Nope!! -Original Message-From: Magaliff, Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:03 PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: foreign key what help!! are you loading more than one ta

Re: More parses than eecutes

2002-06-04 Thread Tim Gorman
It is the application code or the interface drivers... For example, if you SQL trace an application executing through ODBC from connect to disconnect, you'll see lots of statements like "SELECT * FROM " where they only parse but never execute. My guess is that the ODBC driver is using those call

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
iulian - If it makes you feel better, write a PL/SQL procedure to do the checking and always call it rather than the table directly. That way you've put your rule "in the database". If you are going to adhere to this philosophy, you're going to be into PL/SQL in a big way. Dennis Williams DBA Life

RE: linux vs any other os

2002-06-04 Thread Sherman, Edward
Although not very scientific, this one is always fun to watch. http://srom.zgp.org/ Good Luck, Ed -Original Message- Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All, Anyone have any sites where they are doing performance compares of linux vs solar

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Gogala, Mladen
I don't believe that you can check for overlapping interval within a database trigger. For that, you'd need two tables: one to enter interval and one to check against. Of course, the second table should also be populated, most likely by a 'AFTER INSERT' trigger. > -Original Message- > F

Package with DB-Link including recursive function call returns in

2002-06-04 Thread Schmid Thomas
we've created a package which analyzes data in a remote database and fills a table with the results of the analysis in the local db. in order to analyze the data across the db-link it's necessary to call a function recursively as shown in the script below. the function GET_PHYSICAL_DATACH

Re: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread Hemant K Chitale
1. Per Oracle's Platform Strategy Advisory [last updated 28-May-02], Tru64 Unix will continue to be Supported. 2. Per Compaq at http://www.compaq.com/hps/download/Tru64UNIX_OpenVMS_Times_Rev2_052202.pdf from http://www.compaq.com/hps/commitment.html a. HP plans to sell AlphaServers till at l

Database link performance

2002-06-04 Thread Michael Rosenblum
Title: Message Hi,   Could anybody help me with the database link problem?   I have two databases db_A and db_B, and link from db_A to db_B.   In the database db_B there is table B with 1.6 million records.   I created simple test to query data from the table B via database link (I am conn

RE: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread Peter Barnett
It's a shame that Digital had such good computer scientists and such lousy marketing. Digital Unix and the AlphaServer were the most stable Unix boxes in the world. Compaq never did understand the gem it purchased and HP will never admit that their current generation of hardware was outclassed b

Oracle Alert on Upgrades to 9.2.0.1

2002-06-04 Thread Hemant K Chitale
  Corruption / Internal Errors Possible after Upgrading a Database to Oracle 9.2.0.1It is vital that you read this alert if upgrading to Oracle 9.2.0.1 from an earlier release Versions Affected This problem affects Oracle databases upgraded from pre-9.0.1 to 9.0.1.X and then to 9.2.0.1.

RE: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Terry - Use Unix head command to create a small test file. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Oracle 8.1.6.3 on Sun 2.6. I have tried reviewing the docs, but I didn't s

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Aponte, Tony
Title: RE: Complex Integrity Checking I would look into combining a before-insert row-level trigger with an autonomous transaction procedure.  The procedure would execute the validating query using parameters passed by the trigger.  If your new row values would cause an overlap then return a

Re: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Rachel Carmichael
why not just create a smaller input file? head -100 ...filename... > testfilename and use the test file? --- "Ball, Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oracle 8.1.6.3 on Sun 2.6. > > I have tried reviewing the docs, but I didn't see anything that > answered the > question. Is it possible to

Re: Oracle Migration Questions

2002-06-04 Thread Hemant K Chitale
1. You'd have to do a fresh *install* of 8.1.7 + Patchset 1 or higher on the F15K. Copying an OUI-installed ORACLE_HOME [and attempting to relink it] is not supported. 2. You can copy the Database Files and just startup the database. [unless you change the mount points / directory names in wh

RE: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Inder . Singh
I don't know of any such option in sqlloader. But, you can do one thing copy the 100 records from the file and create a new file and try to load that one. Hope this helps. Regards, Inder -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Re: Re[2]: Oracle and Tru64

2002-06-04 Thread Hemant K Chitale
Tru64 <= 5.0 being desupported for new releases of 9i is OK. We are upgrading our Tru64 installations from 4.0F to 5.1/5.1A along with the database upgrades to 9iRelease2. But Tru64 on Alpha, as such, will continue for some more years. Hemant K Chitale - Original Message - To: "Multiple

RE: SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Seefelt, Beth
I don't know if you can load the first 100 records, but you could load the last 100 by setting the "skip" value to the total - 100. HTH, Beth -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:39 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Oracle 8.1.6.3 on Sun 2.6. I have tried rev

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Iulian . ILIES
I'm reticent about putting the checking code in the application before insert&update statement, although I'm not sure why. I'm just thinking about concurency and all the implications. On the other hand I wanted to put the bussiness rules on the database side. Anyway, I'll use this approach, you

UPGRADE PROBLEM

2002-06-04 Thread Hamid Alavi
Hi List, I am still facing with my Upgrade Problem, Today I findout some thing which can be the cause of problem, Just want to check with you guys. I am using runInstaller for installing the patch4 on 8.1.7.0, today I just check the runInstaller and findout that there is a link for runInstaller t

SQL*Loader question

2002-06-04 Thread Ball, Terry
Oracle 8.1.6.3 on Sun 2.6. I have tried reviewing the docs, but I didn't see anything that answered the question. Is it possible to limit the number of records being loaded? We have a file that has records in the 6 digit range. I'd like to test the controlfile, but I don't want to load the who

RE: Complex Integrity Checking

2002-06-04 Thread Rachel Carmichael
maybe I'm being simplistic and I know this will impact performance but why not simply do a select to see if the condition exists before the insert or update? --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I said something like "the way the unique constraints work". > Ok. Here's my context. > I have a table say

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