NLS_LANG settings on MetaFrame

2003-01-25 Thread Joshua Becker
Hi all, I have a following problem. I have a MetaFrame -environment where I need to support to different character sets. Database is UTF8 format. Now I need to support for some users Russian Character Set and some users West European Character set. How I can define in

Re: DDLs -- was Re: simple question on DDL

2003-01-25 Thread Jonathan Lewis
My point wasn't to pick any particular detail of any particular example . I was merely making the point that whilst the concept of DDL without commits seems to be straightforward, the requirement for designing something that could analyse and handle all the consequent errors that might be a

TNS Packet Failure ?

2003-01-25 Thread Walid Alkaakati
Hi list , i have 8.1.7 database with 10 users ,from time to time aim iam faced with error TNS :packet writer failure .,so i have to retart dbase again .what is the cause of this error ? can I avoid it ?. Thanks -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author:

TNS Packet Failure ?

2003-01-25 Thread Walid Alkaakati
- Hi list , i have 8.1.7 database with 10 users ,from time to time aim iam faced with error TNS :packet writer failure .,so i have to retart dbase again .what is the cause of this error ? can I avoid it ?. Thanks -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net --

Re: Slow database, too MANY buffers???

2003-01-25 Thread Stephane Faroult
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, the only problem is that doing a join with the dba_extents query makes this run rather long. Jared Because the join is done BEFORE the HAVING filtering. I would push the HAVING to an online view, and join on the output. And use sys.uet$, sys.seg$, sys.obj$ and

RE: RMAN

2003-01-25 Thread Ron Yount
Terry, RMAN should be always be at, or newer than, the version of any target database being backed up. So, yes, you need to upgrade your recovery catalog prior to any other databases. -Ron- -Original Message- Terry Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list

RE: auto backup and spfile restore

2003-01-25 Thread Chris Stephens
2 ; Starting restore at 25-JAN-03 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=9 devtype=DISK channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20030125 channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20030124 channel ORA_DISK_1: autobackup found: c-1370501721-20030124-06 channel

Re: CBO not using the index ... Here is what I did

2003-01-25 Thread Jonathan Lewis
Michael, Somewhere along the line, I mis-interpreted your note and thought you were saying that CBO was ignoring the hint - hence the irrelevant comments. RBO uses the index for this query because that's one of the rules. The CBO under ALL_ROWS optimisation is going to compare figures (in

RE: Configuring back up in Oracle 9i

2003-01-25 Thread Chris Stephens
Title: RE: Configuring back up in Oracle 9i look in your configuration-preferences-preferred credentials. you not only have to have the sys password set for 'target type=database' but you also have to have the proper password set for 'target type=node' (machine where your database is. chris

RE: Perl Breakdown

2003-01-25 Thread Jesse, Rich
Having the same problem of inconsistent output from ls (and other Unix commands!), I grabbed els from http://www.sourceforge.net. I use els -p +Gmsn +TMDY3, aliased of course, to produce consistent listings everytime. For an ls -l equivalent, I use els -l +TMDY3. HTH! GL! :) Rich Rich Jesse

Analytics Performance was RE: Tricky query question

2003-01-25 Thread Larry Elkins
The solution Larry suggested is quite a bit easier to take. :) ... It also performs better. Jared Issue of performance is something I didn't go into detail in the original response since it was already so long. I said they, analytics, *can* make a big difference in performance, not

Re: Configuring back up in Oracle 9i

2003-01-25 Thread Ora NT DBA
Another common problem is that in Windows environments that the user on the node must be granted the "log on as batch" privilege . This is true even if they are in the admin group. John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RE: Configuring back up in Oracle 9i look in your

9iAS hardware requirement

2003-01-25 Thread Amos KABORE
Can somebody tells me the MUST hardware requirement forOracle 9iAS installation. We are planning to useWin 2000 thanks

*Oracle Production DBA with C++ Skills Needed- Austin, Texas

2003-01-25 Thread OraStaff
Unique opportunity with a great company in Austin, Texas who needs an Oracle DBA who also has solid Unix C++ Server programmer skills. *MUST have both skillsets to be considered. Base salary is in the 70-95K range and depends on experience. Relocation Assistance is provided. PLEASE Do Not

Re: Slow database, too MANY buffers???

2003-01-25 Thread Jonathan Lewis
And don't forget to use a no_merge hint in the in-line view. Oracle is getting far too smart about simplifying complex queries these days. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk Coming soon a new one-day tutorial: Cost Based Optimisation (see

Re: Analytics Performance was RE: Tricky query question

2003-01-25 Thread Jonathan Lewis
An odd thing, though. Sometimes the query that is (a little) slower when run stand-alone is the better bet when run in a highly concurrent environment because of latching issues. Converting self-joins to analytics can, on occasion, increase CPU usage but reduce latching - a strategy that seems

RE: Analytics Performance was RE: Tricky query question

2003-01-25 Thread Larry Elkins
I agree, I will probably crank up some concurrent tests later on the test I built. I created a pretty simple test case (starting with a small sort and hash area size) where the correlated history type of query wins over a non-correlated approach (using a hash join) and an analytical approach and

Re: CBO not using the index even though it is faster when hinted

2003-01-25 Thread Waleed Khedr
set optimizer_index_cost_adj to value that is less than (cost without hint * 100 / cost with hint). Waleed - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 7:34 PM Lower the settings for optimizer_index_cost_adj. set

Re: Analytics Performance was RE: Tricky query question

2003-01-25 Thread Jared Still
Larry, A good way to demonstrate the scalability if SQL is to use Tom Kyte's test harness. http://govt.oracle.com/~tkyte/runstats.html This is a very simple but very effective demonstration of the difference in scalability of 2 pieces of SQL. I used it in a post a few weeks ago to

Re: NLS_LANG settings on MetaFrame

2003-01-25 Thread Jared Still
Though I know nothing about MetaFrame, I do know that an NLS_LANG env variable will override the registry setting. I'm assuming that these users must somewhere login to Windows, even if they don't do so directly. Set the env var NLS_LANG='my char set' for them. HTH Jared On Saturday 25

Re: Perl Breakdown

2003-01-25 Thread Jared Still
Interesting utility, though you need to navigate to the CVS browser to actually get the file. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/els/els/ Jared On Saturday 25 January 2003 07:23, Jesse, Rich wrote: Having the same problem of inconsistent output from ls (and other Unix

Re: Slow database, too MANY buffers???

2003-01-25 Thread Jared Still
Thanks Stephen, but I'm just not ambitious enough for that today. :) Jared On Saturday 25 January 2003 05:20, Stephane Faroult wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, the only problem is that doing a join with the dba_extents query makes this run rather long. Jared Because the join is

Re: TNS Packet Failure ?

2003-01-25 Thread Jared Still
Is this on NT? It is usually a network error that Oracle is complaining about. Jared On Saturday 25 January 2003 01:31, Walid Alkaakati wrote: Hi list , i have 8.1.7 database with 10 users ,from time to time aim iam faced with error TNS :packet writer failure .,so i have to retart

ARIZONA Oracle User Group (AZORA) announcement

2003-01-25 Thread Stephen Andert
If you're in Arizona and are interested, the Arizona Oracle User Group (AZORA) is holding it's next meeting on 2/6/2003 from 12:30 to 5:00 PM. The agenda is: 1:00 PM - Michelle Mol (Veritas) No Time for Downtime: Architecting High Availability for Oracle Databases 1:00 PM - Stephen Andert

Re: Upgrade 8.1.6 - 8.1.7 Patch 4

2003-01-25 Thread rabbit
Im doing an upgrade from 8.1.6. to 8.1.7.4. Is there any benfit of doing the upgrade from 8.1.6 to 8.1.7, using ODMA then patching to 8.1.7.4 or installing 8.1.7, patch it to 8.1.7.4, then ODMA the database from 8.1.6. any other comments on this upgrade path are welcomed thanks Sam --

Oracle 9i 32bit and 64bit on the same server

2003-01-25 Thread Joshua Becker
Hi all, I have a following problem I hope you could help me: I have an UNIX box (Solaris8) where I have installed 9iRel2 64 bit software, also I have created two instances using that 64 bit version. Now we are also having an application which needs 32 bit 9i client software on the same server. The

RE: Upgrade 8.1.6 - 8.1.7 Patch 4

2003-01-25 Thread Robert Freeman
What I would do is create a separate 8.1.7.4 OH. I'd then start the 8.1.6 database under 8.1.7.4 and apply the upgrade scripts. Of course, I'd backup my 8.1.6 database before I did any of this. Cheers! RF -Original Message- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 10:39 PM To:

RE: auto backup and spfile restore

2003-01-25 Thread Robert Freeman
bytes Database Buffers 50331648 bytes Redo Buffers 798720 bytes RMAN restore spfile from autobackup 2 ; Starting restore at 25-JAN-03 allocated channel: ORA_DISK_1 channel ORA_DISK_1: sid=9 devtype=DISK channel ORA_DISK_1: looking for autobackup on day: 20030125