Re: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-27 Thread Gary Chambers
Stephane... Thanks for the reply. >> SELECT sequence.nextval FROM table WHERE ROWNUM < x >> It just seems too kludgy, and I didn't think creating a table with >> dummy data for the count would be a good way to go. Any suggestions? > Why 'too kludgy' ? If you are inside a PL/SQL package have yo

Re: ODBC limits

2002-09-27 Thread Justin Cave
At 07:28 AM 9/27/2002, you wrote: >I'm trying to get information of the limitations of ODBC drivers, >specifically Oracle's and Microsoft's drivers for Oracle. >Things like maximum no. of records they can fetch etc. I don't believe there's any limitation in the number of records you can get thro

Re: Cheap table lock?

2002-09-27 Thread Mladen Gogala
On 2002.09.27 20:33 tony ynot wrote: > Is Select ... For Update; > a cheap table lock? > It seems whenever code uses this statement > all the records in the cursor are locked > until the cursor is closed. > Fancy that! It works as described in the manual! Who would say? -- Mladen Gogala -- P

Re: [Q] imp/exp error on 9iR2?

2002-09-27 Thread Ray Stell
It would appear you don't know the pw of sys, or maybe the capslock is on ;) If you can sqlplus /nolog can connect and alter the sys pw. Then you will know the sys pw and can use it on imp cmd. $ sqlplus /nolog SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production on Fri Sep 27 19:36:42 2002 (c) Copyrigh

Cheap table lock?

2002-09-27 Thread tony ynot
Is Select ... For Update; a cheap table lock? It seems whenever code uses this statement all the records in the cursor are locked until the cursor is closed. __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please

RE: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery

2002-09-27 Thread Wong, Bing
Me too. Bing Wong Open Systems Database Administrator This e-mail may contain material that is confidential. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delet

Re: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery Hand

2002-09-27 Thread BigP
I would love to read that . bp - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:08 AM Hand > Yes, I would like that too. A lot of people are awaiting your book, btw. > Ruth > - Original Message - > To: "Multi

RE: Are you an idiot?

2002-09-27 Thread David . Schmoldt
And besides, the "Are you an idiot?" question is redundant. After all, this *is* a DBA list... > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 5:19 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: > > > Bob, >

[Q] imp/exp error on 9iR2?

2002-09-27 Thread dist cash
I tried to do full database import use "sys" ID and have error come out. for "sqlplus" I can use "sqlplus /nolog" to avoid it, but on import/export how to avoid it? RSS::/home/app/oracle/admin/db92/export[173]% imp Import: Release 9.2.0.1.0 - Production on Fri Sep 27 17:36:13 2002 Copyright (

Re: Employment shifts in 2001

2002-09-27 Thread ltiu
How many went back to their old non-IT jobs before they moved into IT during the boom years when IT sucked people from the non-IT sector? ltiu DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: >List - We have discussed the employment situation a lot over the past year, >and I am still dismayed to hear of Oracle DBAs out

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-27 Thread Scott
Greg, For the most part RAW is still a requirement for RAC. There are more Cluster File system Options now then there where 6 months ago. Windows/2000 - Oracle now provides a CFS. I believe you can download it from OTN. I don't have NT installed so I can't comment on its reliability or stability.

Re: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-27 Thread Stephane Faroult
Gary Chambers wrote: > > > I created a package that would easily loop thru and select x number of > > entries, but not return them in a select to you. This way, you can > > make 1 simple call passing it X. Is that what you wanted ??? Or do you > > have to have them as returned values of a select

Employment shifts in 2001

2002-09-27 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
List - We have discussed the employment situation a lot over the past year, and I am still dismayed to hear of Oracle DBAs out of work. I found some interesting statistics that put the situation in perspective: In 2001, there were an estimated 10.4 million IT workers in the U.S. In

RE:

2002-09-27 Thread Jared . Still
Bob, The 'ARE YOU AN IDIOT?' reply is required on this list when one encounters a help command sent to the list rather than the list manager software. It's from a thread from some time ago, and is meant in jest. Dave knows it, as well as many others. Now, you know it too. :) Jared "Bo

RE: "Goldilocks" repost, please?

2002-09-27 Thread Jesse, Rich
Thanks all! I've already got the doc d/l'd -- I just couldn't remember where I saw the numbers. All I could remember was "Goldilocks"! :) Hmmm...could be a case for an Oracle-based PDM ;) Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qu

RE: Setting Cursor Sharing = Force in 8.1.7.3

2002-09-27 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Setting Cursor Sharing = Force in 8.1.7.3 We had problems with FORCE setting on 901x. The query it was changing to bind variables was select to_char(sysdate,:b1) from dual / Now :b1 is a format mask supplied by developer. Initially it would work fine and then start throwing OR

Re: Library object/cache locks?

2002-09-27 Thread Mohammed Shakir
This is from Steve Adam's Oracle 8i Internal Services(page 50-51) Library cache locks are held in shared mode during parse operation. A pin is applied to the library cache object for a PL/SQL program unit or SQL statement while it is being compiled, parsed or executed. Pins are normally held in

RE: Setting Cursor Sharing = Force in 8.1.7.3

2002-09-27 Thread Mohammed Shakir
I recently used it on 8.1.7.4 and 9i. I gained 33% performance gain. It would be different depending on how much literal SQL is used in your code. My process ran fine, and I was able to load the data. However, I have not fully checked the data yet. Shakir --- "Johnson, Michael " <[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: "Goldilocks" repost, please?

2002-09-27 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Rich - The paper that started it all (as far as I know), "How to Stop Defragmenting and Start Living" posted at: http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/availability/pdf/defrag.pdf Suggests for Oracle 8 and above that the uniform extents be one of three sizes: 128k, 4m, and 128m, and it explains why you shou

RE:

2002-09-27 Thread Bob Metelsky
> OK, here's the obligatory, > > ARE YOU AN IDIOT? > > HELP > > SET ORACLE-L NOMAIL > I think what Jared may have meant to say is All LIST commands should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOT [EMAIL PROTECTED] You recied a help message whan you subscribed to the effect Bob Have a g

RE: "Goldilocks" repost, please?

2002-09-27 Thread Cary Millsap
Juan Loaiza, Rosanne Toohey, and Bhaskar Himatsingka. The paper's online at www.hotsos.com/catalog. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Hotsos Clinic, Oct 1-3 San Francisco, Oct 15-17 Dallas, Dec 9-11 Honolulu - 2003 Hotsos Symposium on OracleR System

Re: Degrade a database??

2002-09-27 Thread Thomas Day
Reminds of a user who wanted to "ungrade" to Win98. They didn't know how right they were. Rajesh.Rao

RE: Setting Cursor Sharing = Force in 8.1.7.3

2002-09-27 Thread Cary Millsap
Make them use bind variables. Even if cursor_sharing did work correctly (it might in 8.1.7, but I don't remember), using bind variables will relieve the Oracle kernel of a lot of work (i.e., response time). Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Hotsos Cl

RE: Setting Cursor Sharing = Force in 8.1.7.3

2002-09-27 Thread Johnson, Michael
I went thru this recently ... The best thing to do is to FORCE the developers to use bind variables and then this is no longer an issue. If you do set it to FORCE , I believe there is a problem with it in versions 8.1.6 and before and it should not be used.Double Check with Metalink on thi

RE: Setting Cursor Sharing = Force in 8.1.7.3

2002-09-27 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Nat You may want to take a look at: http://www.interealm.com/roby/technotes/cursor_sharing.html Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L We are looking into setting up

Re: Can I do this in Oracle 8i?

2002-09-27 Thread paquette stephane
Your update is updating all rows in table1. Is that what you want ? nologging only works with direct path insert, not with update. --- Gurelei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Hi. > > I want to update a table based on data in another > table. Something like: > > update table1 a set f1 = > (s

RE: "Goldilocks" repost, please?

2002-09-27 Thread Bob Metelsky
> > Can someone please repost the Goldilocks LMT Sizing > Guideline? That's from a tar on Metalink... doc 12988.2 (I think) ;-> bob -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Bob Metelsky INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051

Re: "Goldilocks" repost, please?

2002-09-27 Thread Cherie_Machler
For what it's worth, we use 128k, 4m, and 128m. Those numbers were taken from the paper "How to Stop Defragmenting and Start Living". Can't remember the author but I'm sure someone will chime in as it's a well-known paper. Cherie Machler Oracle DBA Gelco Information Network

RE: Changing the Staus of a Database to Read Only

2002-09-27 Thread Johnston, Tim
Exactly... I had to face this at my current job... I have a separate alter to read only job... Basically, it is a script that calls a stored procedure... I put the script in cron to run every 12 hours... The stored procedure alters eligible tablespaces to read only (eligible as defined by the

Re: Can I do this in Oracle 8i?

2002-09-27 Thread Igor Neyman
NOLOGGING does not work on "update", period. has nothing to do with aliases. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:48 PM > Hi. > > I want to update a table based o

RE: OT: For the MicroSoft bashers

2002-09-27 Thread Jesse, Rich
H...even after flushing the cache, MS is still the top link for me on Google (except for the news stories). Rich > -Original Message- > From: Thomas Day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 2:33 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: OT:

RE: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-27 Thread Gary Chambers
> I created a package that would easily loop thru and select x number of > entries, but not return them in a select to you. This way, you can > make 1 simple call passing it X. Is that what you wanted ??? Or do you > have to have them as returned values of a select ? I would need the values retu

Re[2]: OT: For the MicroSoft bashers

2002-09-27 Thread dgoulet
What do you expect? When the god Gates speaks the feeble move. Reply Separator Author: "Thomas Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 9/27/2002 11:33 AM They got that changed rather quickly. MS is no where on the first page now. IF you combine "go to hel

RE: extremely long parse time

2002-09-27 Thread Alexander . Feinstein
Title: extremely long parse time Matt,   Is it Oracle 9? If yes, time is in microseconds.   Alex.   -Original Message-From: Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:30 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubjec

DB link to DB2 on an AS400

2002-09-27 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
I have been asked by damagement on the possibility of of linking Oracle to DB2 so that an Oracle trigger can update a DB2 table. I have been reading some of the fine manual along with reading stuff on metalink. >From what I can tell in order to connect to nonOracle data I need to use Oracles

Re: "Goldilocks" repost, please?

2002-09-27 Thread Rachel Carmichael
I'm here.. was away for a day but you guys flood my inbox :) goldilocks was the name I gave to the methodology of "small"/"medium"/"large" tablespace sizing. There was no hard and fast rule for how big each of these tablespaces should be, nor was there one for the extent sizes. Just that if a t

Setting Cursor Sharing = Force in 8.1.7.3

2002-09-27 Thread Nat
We are looking into setting up cursor_sharing parameter to FORCE. Has anyone seen any bad effects of setting Cursor_sharing=FORCE. Are there any real bad effects of setting it..? I was thinking of going back to my developers and make them use bind variables in their code. If I set the above pa

Can I do this in Oracle 8i?

2002-09-27 Thread Gurelei
Hi. I want to update a table based on data in another table. Something like: update table1 a set f1 = (select f2 from table2 where table2.f3 = table1.f3 and table2.f4 = table1.f4); this seems to work, but generates a lot of redo logs. So I tried to add NOLOGGING. Alas, seems like NOLOGGING an

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-27 Thread Rachel Carmichael
this is the first time I've NOT figured the file size the AR way :) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I'm feeling particularly AR, or just want to revel in > the fact that I can do simple multiplication and addition > without error, I'll figure the datafile size to the byte. > > e.g. 200m + 64

RE: Procedural Consistency

2002-09-27 Thread Fink, Dan
The app was getting an ORA-600, which metalink identified as a 'bug' in 9i. The app uses persistent connections and the 'login' package had been recompiled without removing the connections. All of a sudden the ORA-600s started being thrown. It made me curious (call me George) as to how Oracle han

RE: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-27 Thread Kevin Lange
I created a package that would easily loop thru and select x number of entries, but not return them in a select to you. This way, you can make 1 simple call passing it X. Is that what you wanted ??? Or do you have to have them as returned values of a select ? Kevin -Original Message---

RE: Procedural Consistency

2002-09-27 Thread Fink, Dan
Thanks, I'll take a look.. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 12:03 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dan, The default is for oracle to determine this by timestamp. You may want to experiment with the REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE parameter. This may not apply t

RE: Changing the Staus of a Database to Read Only

2002-09-27 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
Thanks. I believe that's how it works on 8.1.6 as well. Of course if someone has walked away without committing a transaction then one is still stuck. There is also the problem of distributed queries. If on database A, one selects from @B. An entry is made into the transaction table on

RE: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery

2002-09-27 Thread Freeman, Robert
Thanks Ruth, I may have some legal issues with posting it on the newsgroup, and I'm trying to work that out with OP right now. They want to post it, but I have to have the list owner agree to it, and the item posted has to go through some changes. With the nature of news groups, it may not be pr

Re: OT: For the MicroSoft bashers

2002-09-27 Thread Thomas Day
They got that changed rather quickly. MS is no where on the first page now. IF you combine "go to hell" with Microsoft you get 7 hits but the top 2 are sites commenting on this story. Ain't it great to have clout.

Re: Selecting Next X Values From Dual

2002-09-27 Thread Gary Chambers
Anjo... Thanks for the reply!! > If X is fixed for all sessions, do a step increase of X so that you > only have to select 1 row from dual. Unfortunately, I don't feel I can do that. I'm using the returned values as unique identifiers to protect against duplicate database submissions from a we

role naming conventions

2002-09-27 Thread Ray Stell
Oracle seems to be inconsistant in the way it names roles: SQL> select role, GRANTED_ROLE from ROLE_ROLE_PRIVS; ROLE GRANTED_ROLE -- -- DBADELETE_CATALOG_ROLE DBA

"Goldilocks" repost, please?

2002-09-27 Thread Jesse, Rich
Can someone please repost the Goldilocks LMT Sizing Guideline? I can't find it in the fatcity.com archives (search is subject-only!), and I'm guessing that Rachel's offline, given Her recent post. As I'm delving into this, I seem to remember from those posts that we're too small for a Papa Bear

RE: Deadlocks on lack of Foreign key indexes ...

2002-09-27 Thread Johnson, Michael
Jared, Thank You . Tom Kytes book pages 108 to 111 goes into this. I will continue to follow this advice. Mike -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 8:43 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I always use indexes on FK's. If it's a table with many updat

Re: Procedural Consistency

2002-09-27 Thread Jared . Still
Dan, The default is for oracle to determine this by timestamp. You may want to experiment with the REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MODE parameter. This may not apply to your situation as I don't know if it applies to dependencies on a local database as well. e.g. ALTER SESSION SET REMOTE_DEPENDENCIES_MOD

Re: oracle-dba.com domain

2002-09-27 Thread Joe Testa
but your outbid already by someone in the UK :) joe Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130) wrote: > I got the first bid in!!! > > > > > > Matt Adams - GE Appliances - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Their fundamental design flaws are completely > hidden by their superficial design flaws. >

Re: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery Hand

2002-09-27 Thread Ruth Gramolini
Yes, I would like that too. A lot of people are awaiting your book, btw. Ruth - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 4:30 PM > I was wondering if anyone would be interested in me posting one chapter from > O

RE: Changing the Staus of a Database to Read Only

2002-09-27 Thread Johnston, Tim
Hi Ian... I can tell you how it works in 8.1.7... You can alter a tablespace to read only with transactions in the database and the steps are as follows: You issue the alter to read only command and it will wait for EVERY transaction in the database that started BEFORE you issued the command

Re: Oracle/SQL Server on same box

2002-09-27 Thread Steve Perry
yes, but not recommended for busy systems. ok for "sandbox" though. - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:56 AM > Can Oracle 8.1.7 and SQL Server 2000 be installed on the same box or will they > conflict?

RE: datafile sizing question

2002-09-27 Thread Jared . Still
If I'm feeling particularly AR, or just want to revel in the fact that I can do simple multiplication and addition without error, I'll figure the datafile size to the byte. e.g. 200m + 64k for an LMT is 2097217536 bytes. On NT I tend to use NNNMm on 8.0 and NNNM on 8i LMT's where the extent si

Re:RE: Oracle/SQL Server on same box

2002-09-27 Thread dgoulet
Oracle won't care, but I can't speak for SQL*server. MicroSoft has a habit of being non-compatible. Dick Goulet Reply Separator Author: "Farnsworth; Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 9/27/2002 9:19 AM They can be on the same box but memory and CPU ma

RE:

2002-09-27 Thread Jared . Still
OK, here's the obligatory, ARE YOU AN IDIOT? "Farnsworth, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/27/2002 08:43 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject:RE: HELP -O

Re: DBA work load

2002-09-27 Thread STEVE OLLIG
and as long as we're coming clean, i too plagiarized. mine from the very first post in the BOFH saga i believe. but blame Mladen - he got us started. --- Original Message --- Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 08:49:06 -0800 With regards to any creativity embedded in the BDBAFH thread that I might have c

RE: Oracle/SQL Server on same box

2002-09-27 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
They can be on the same box but memory and CPU may be an issue since they both like hog each. Dave -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Can Oracle 8.1.7 and SQL Server 2000 be installed on the same box or will they confl

Changing the Staus of a Database to Read Only

2002-09-27 Thread MacGregor, Ian A.
I tried to post this in response to the "Best Practices" thread, but for unkown reasons it didn't seem to make it. My apologies if this is a repeat. It had been stated that placing each partition in a separate tablespace allowed one to make a tablespace read only once that partition would n

Oracle/SQL Server on same box

2002-09-27 Thread Eric Richmond
Can Oracle 8.1.7 and SQL Server 2000 be installed on the same box or will they conflict? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Eric Richmon INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California

RE: DBA work load

2002-09-27 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
Thank you dear. I take it as the best apology I can get on that subject -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 12:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I believe that BASTARD can be applied equally to male or female. From Webster (slightly edited): 1 : an illegitim

RE: Degrade a database??

2002-09-27 Thread Amr Hambazaza
Raj, if it is a smallish database (or it is running on a fast server). You might be able to create a separate 8.0.6 instance and leave it running with all the accounts tablespaces etc. Then if the need arises you do an export from the new version and import into the old version with the full opt

Re: DBA work load

2002-09-27 Thread Tim Gorman
With regards to any creativity embedded in the BDBAFH thread that I might have contributed, those who have read the BOFH saga will recognize that I copied a segment (almost!) word-for-word from Simon Travaglia's original text. If you haven't read the BOFH sagas, they are a scream (flash to visual

Re: DBA work load

2002-09-27 Thread Igor Neyman
and #3 is the best fit (for DBAs) Igor Neyman, OCP DBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 12:04 PM I believe that BASTARD can be applied equally to male or female. From Webster (slight

RE: RE: MIcrosoft Blackmail

2002-09-27 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
My issue is that you are among the "technological elite". First of all you are sophisticated enough to recognize that Microsoft isn't the only alternative. Second, you are competent to install an alternative solution and put up with any deficiencies. Everyone like yourselves could switch to OpenOf

Re: Degrade a database??

2002-09-27 Thread Rajesh . Rao
Of course, I meant downgrade. Could you hire me to work for you? ;-) Connor

RE:

2002-09-27 Thread Whittle Jerome Contr NCI
Title: RE:   F1 -Original Message- From:   Farnsworth, Dave [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] HELP -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: SET ORACLE-L NOMAIL

RE: Degrade a database??

2002-09-27 Thread Rajesh . Rao
Raj, The customer needs a fallback strategy with "no data loss" upto 3 weeks after the cutover. Thanks Raj One attachment (0k) "Jamadagni,

RE: DBA work load

2002-09-27 Thread Fink, Dan
I believe that BASTARD can be applied equally to male or female. From Webster (slightly edited): 1 : an illegitimate child 2 : something that is spurious, irregular, inferior, or of questionable origin 3 : an offensive or disagreeable person -- used as a generalized term of abuse -Original Me

Re: Two Q's for SAP DBA's

2002-09-27 Thread Jared Still
On Wednesday 25 September 2002 12:33, Hand, Michael T wrote: > Got a couple of questions for those of you dealing with SAP: > 1) Has anyone heard of a timeline as to when (or if) SAP R3 will support > Oracle 9.x? And, No, and I doubt it. > 2) Has anyone implemented table partitions as a method o

Re: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery Hand

2002-09-27 Thread Jared Still
Unless it's a text file, it won't make it through the list software, as binary attachments are deleted. Maybe put the chapter at an obscure web address for a limited time instead? Jared On Thursday 26 September 2002 13:30, Freeman, Robert wrote: > I was wondering if anyone would be interested

Re: Deadlocks on lack of Foreign key indexes ...

2002-09-27 Thread Jared Still
I always use indexes on FK's. If it's a table with many updates, it needs them to avoid locks on the table. If the table doesn't have many updates, it's not really necessary, but it doesn't hurt either, and that way I don't have to figure out if it's busy enough to warrant the index. :) Jare

RE:

2002-09-27 Thread Farnsworth, Dave
HELP -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:13 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: SET ORACLE-L NOMAIL _ This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it

Re: Automation of Migration to Oracle9i

2002-09-27 Thread Jared Still
It will be more work, but still can be done. Use Win32::TieRegistry in Perl to deal with the registry entries. Jared On Friday 27 September 2002 04:58, Kieran Murray wrote: > Thanks for this Gerardo, > I forgot to mention, but unfortunately this activity will have to > be carried out on NT rat

RE: DBA work load

2002-09-27 Thread Inka Bezdziecka
On a more serious note: - a voice mail should be sufficient - next morning: -- a one page post mortem document -- a note inviting interested parties to a post mortem meeting A formal post mortem process benefits: - if a problem re-occurs it is easier to deal with it - there may be a permane

Re:RE: NETIQ monitoring tool for server and Oracle

2002-09-27 Thread dgoulet
Jesse, I agree with you on the third party tools and OEM. I haven't found one that handles everything I want in an Oracle monitor. I first ran into the problem in 1992, too many 2x4's in the face before coffee! So I wrote my own in Pro*C. Still use it, but it has grown. DickG. _

RE: oracle-dba.com domain

2002-09-27 Thread Johan Muller
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2057533249 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark LeithSent: Friday, September 27, 2002 9:38 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: oracle-dba.com domain anyone

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2002-09-27 Thread SARKAR, Samir
SET ORACLE-L NOMAIL _ This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Schlum

Re: migrating 8.x->9i and charsets

2002-09-27 Thread Hemant K Chitale
The Database Character Set and the National Character Set are different. Your DB CharSet could be UTF8 but the National CharSet AL16UTF16 . [I believe that when you create a database without specifying charsets, the default DB CharSet is still US7ASCII but the NationalCharSet is AL16] Where y

RE: Best Practice - Partitioned object, one partition per tablesp

2002-09-27 Thread Kawatra V (Vikas) at Aera
For any indexes on the table ,LOCAL prefixed indexes (b*tree/bitmap) is the preferred way to go ! -Original Message- Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 7:18 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L tablespace, That is the recommended way. I have a 6 partition table with each partitio

RE: oracle-dba.com domain

2002-09-27 Thread Mark Leith
anyone have a specific URL for the "lot"? -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130)Sent: 27 September 2002 14:18To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: oracle-dba.com domain I got th

RE: NETIQ monitoring tool for server and Oracle

2002-09-27 Thread Jesse, Rich
Yes, we use it for our Winders/Linux/Solaris/HPUX boxes. It's actually used by our parent company, which also does our networking, MS sExchange administration, and Windows server admin. I'm on the mailing list for when server in our building isn't pingable. Unlike OEM, I've had no problems with

RE: [Fwd: [Fwd: RE: Forms 3.0 ; Oracle 8i/9i ; Patch 380665 ; HP-

2002-09-27 Thread Kurth, Michael J.
I found that query-only applications seemed to run OK against 8.x.x databases, but update applications encountered locking problems because of the expanded rowid. (I think Forms 3.0 stores the rowids within the form and only stores part of the expanded rowid). I don't know how you could possibly

Re: Best Practice - Partitioned object, one partition per tablespace,

2002-09-27 Thread Ruth Gramolini
That is the recommended way. I have a 6 partition table with each partition in a different tablespace and each table space on a different drive. It's working well! Ruth - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 200

LOAD_BALANCING=ON in listener.ora versus tnsnames.ora

2002-09-27 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
Setting LOAD_BALANCING=ON parameter in listener.ora Versus tnsnames.ora . Which is Better & Why ? Any Docs , Links ? Thanks -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: VIVEK_SHARMA INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.

RE: Degrade a database??

2002-09-27 Thread Jamadagni, Rajendra
Title: RE: Degrade a database?? I have no fresh ideas but how about keeping a file system backup of your oracle installation and 3 copies (in different locations of course) of a complete cold backup before the upgrade? Or copy the existing database on a similar but separate machine, ready to

Re: Degrade a database??

2002-09-27 Thread Tim Gorman
...I feel degraded just reading about it (but that's voyeurism for you)... - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:28 AM > If I wanted to "degrade" a database, I'd take it out > to a cheap pub, get it drunk,

RE: oracle-dba.com domain

2002-09-27 Thread Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130)
I got the first bid in!!!       Matt Adams - GE Appliances - [EMAIL PROTECTED]Their fundamental design flaws are completelyhidden by their superficial design flaws.  - Douglas Adams   -Original Message-From: JOE TESTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, September 2

Library object/cache locks?

2002-09-27 Thread Walter K
Perhaps this is a rudimentary question but I haven't found any good info on this topic. Would someone please explain the difference between a library cache lock and a library cache pin? Is the first simply a dictionary lock on a physical object (i.e. table) whereas the second is a dictionary

RE: DBA place in the business

2002-09-27 Thread O'Neill, Sean
Hi Peter, FWIW, in our org (pharmaceutical manufacturing) the DBA role sits in the Information Technology section of the Business Systems & Information Technology Department. Senior DBA reports to IT Manager who in turn reports to Chief Information Officer (CIO). The CIO is a senior manager who

ODBC limits

2002-09-27 Thread O'Neill, Sean
I'm trying to get information of the limitations of ODBC drivers, specifically Oracle's and Microsoft's drivers for Oracle. Things like maximum no. of records they can fetch etc. As I know very little about ODBC (which might be reflected in the nature of my question) I hope I'm asking a sensible

Re: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery

2002-09-27 Thread Joe Testa
yea i'm interested by all means. joe Freeman, Robert wrote: >I was wondering if anyone would be interested in me posting one chapter from >Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery >by Mathew Hart and Myself. I don't want to just force it on you all, or make >it seem like a marketing ploy. So, if ther

RE: DBA work load

2002-09-27 Thread O'Neill, Sean
Must say I liked Inka's notion of calling all interested parties with details, though it could be income threatening =:-0 Maybe a compromise would be to agree some type of SOP for such situations and have the "interested callers" list put in there. I mean if they are so keen to know first thing ne

RE: RAC (Real Application Clusters)

2002-09-27 Thread Loughmiller, Greg
Push the question about the requirement of RAW devices.. and ask if Veritas's product can work without any restrictions.. The veritas clustered file system is supposedly "ok" to use with RAC where you can take advantage of using file systems. But I haven't seen confirmation of that. also-ask abou

Re: Should I post a preview of Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery

2002-09-27 Thread Joe Testa
yea i'm interested by all means. joe Freeman, Robert wrote: >I was wondering if anyone would be interested in me posting one chapter from >Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery >by Mathew Hart and Myself. I don't want to just force it on you all, or make >it seem like a marketing ploy. So, if ther

RE: Automation of Migration to Oracle9i

2002-09-27 Thread Kieran Murray
Thanks for this Gerardo, I forgot to mention, but unfortunately this activity will have to be carried out on NT rather than Unix. I guess it would be more complicated as the registry and services would come into play aswell. Cheers, Kieran -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 26

RE: DBA place in the business (was RE: DBA work load)

2002-09-27 Thread Robson, Peter
> > Have you gone through "what's the difference between an > application DBA and > a database DBA?" yet? Oh yes, and a logical dba, and a physical dba ... you name it, we found it ... which rather confirms the point Jared was making - 'We fit everywhere, and nowhere.' peter edinburgh **

RE: DBA place in the business (was RE: DBA work load)

2002-09-27 Thread Robson, Peter
Give me a break - I'm looking for solutions, not to compound the problem!! peter edinburgh > -Original Message- > From: Inka Bezdziecka [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 26 September 2002 20:05 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: DBA place in the business (was RE:

Re: extremely long parse time

2002-09-27 Thread Connor McDonald
ALL_INDEXES is a 9-way table join (some outer) with a few correlated subqueries. ALL_IND_COLUMNS is a 8-way table join with a few correlated subqueries as well. That's a lot of work to churn through... hth connor --- "Adams, Matthew (GEA, MABG, 088130)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why would

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