Can i have a copy of metalink doc 52576.1 ?

2003-09-11 Thread Prem Khanna J
Hi List, Sorry to post this again.Hope i will get some replies this time. I don't find Doc 52576.1 (Reg. cleaning up a RMAN catalog) on metalink. Can someone mail me if u have a copy of the same ? TIA. Jp. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Prem Khann

OT Re: RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Guido Konsolke
Hi Mladen, please excuse me. Since I try to improve my knowledge about the English: what do youmean with muave? Some kind of wood? Please enlighten me. Greetings, Guido >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11.09.2003 20.49 Uhr >>> And the database must be muave. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -- Please

Re: Trapping of Rogue Statement

2003-09-11 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
I'd probably use a trigger to dump all session information when the update happens. At 09:34 PM 9/11/2003 -0800, you wrote: An unwanted update - del_flg=Yis happening while an application is underway with thousands of Concurrent Users We need to trap & get as much info on this update which i

Re: quick rman question

2003-09-11 Thread Prem Khanna J
Gurevich, RMAN> change backupset XXX delete; this deletes the backupset from disk.i have tried it. Hope "change backuppiece XXX delete;" also does the same on tape. Jp. 12-09-2003 06:34:27, Gene Gurevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi >does a command change backuppiece ... delete delete >the i

Trapping of Rogue Statement

2003-09-11 Thread VIVEK_SHARMA
An unwanted update - del_flg=”Y” is happening while an application is underway with thousands of Concurrent Users   We need to trap & get as much info on this update which is somehow happening from somewhere in the application code .   How as a DBA can we do this?   Thanks        

Re: db_file_multiblock_read_count

2003-09-11 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
db_block_size=8, db_file_multiblock_read_count = 32 That is a Peoplesoft ERP system, a hybrid of oltp and dss with heavy reporting activity at month end. The dfmrc value was established through trial and 10053 trace analysis. Some report sql still require use_hash hints in order to avoid silly

Re: Migrating RMAN catalog database to 9.2.0 and supporting 8.0.6

2003-09-11 Thread Chip
Trying to create an RMAN 8.1.7.0.0 catalog in an Oracle 9.2.0.3 database ran into a PL/SQL bug fix. Oracle 9.2.0.3 expects the PL/SQL specification default values and body default values to match. Unfortunately, the RMAN 8.1.7.0.0 create catalog fails since the rman package defaults do not ma

Re: ** package problem

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
Surprising. Take a look at http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:3074025580820147889::NO::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID,F4950_P8_CRITERIA:286816015990, However, it is a totally different story with Application Servers (atleast 4.0.7.1). In case of compiling of procedures (say A), 'B' becomes invalid

** package problem

2003-09-11 Thread A Joshi
Hi,    I  have a package that has a lot of variables. Used by many procedures triggers etc. 1) I had an existing SQLPLUS connection running applications that use this package.  2) I changed and  compiled the package. It compiled successfully and so did all other dependent PL-SQL. 3) The existing

RE: Optimizing Oracle Performance

2003-09-11 Thread Cary Millsap
Absolutely correct. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Hotsos Clinic 101 in Sydney - Hotsos Symposium 2004, March 7-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... -Original Message- Gudmundur Josepsson Sent: Thursday, September 11,

Re: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! > Oh yeah, I forgot to say that in 9.2.0.3 the shared pool was broken up into > "heaps" (Oracle terminology) but whatever fancy stuff they were trying to > accomplish by doing this (I think part of the magical self-tuning > initiative) was buggy and this hastened the fatal 4031 situation. The

Re: (long and boring) converting long to lob - the easiest and

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
I would go with second one. Good effort. GovindanK On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:09 , Tanel Poder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > > > > > > >Hm, yep, it seems it works only in insert select >command (I tried an update with subquery) but didn't succeed). >In this case >try following: >  >1) if you g

RE: URGENT REPORTS WONT START

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
Not sure if this would be of 1% help. I remember getting into similar trouble when i was working on 9iAS stuff. - Is there any reference to server name? If so replace it with IP address. - Do you have original copy of the conf file. If so do a unix diff to see where all the difference arises. May b

RE: Documents in or outside the database.

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
You might as well take a look at the following asktom link: http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:663024378020 HTH GovindanK On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:24 , Pardee, Roy E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >And don't forget file permissions issues either--especially if there >w

Re: How to tell if XML option is installed in the db?

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
AFAIK, XDB is created by dbca if you use 9iRel2 ; If you migrate 9iRel1 or 8.1.7.x to 9iRel2 then it is not created. You need to run a set of scripts. There is some reference on Metalink about this. Search on XDB; In 8.1.6.3 you need to edit and run $ORACLE_HOME//xml/OracleXSU12/lib>ls -l ora

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Alexander . Feinstein
Title: RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone Parameter name "_kghdsidx_count", default in 9.2.0.3 is 1, description "max kghdsidx count". Do not know what it is for. Alex. -Original Message- From: Stephen Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:29 PM To: Multiple recipie

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Alexander . Feinstein
Title: RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without In 9.2, in SQL*Plus prompt &_connect_identifier Alex. (Thanks to Connor McDonald) -Original Message- From: Jose Luis Delgado [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:54 PM To: Multiple reci

db_file_multiblock_read_count

2003-09-11 Thread bulbultyagi
Hello list, seeking your personal opinions and experiences about db_file_multiblock_read_count. What do you all set your db_block_size and db_file_multiblock_read_count to? How did you all come to decide that those values would suit your systems ? Any windoze user here who can tell me how can

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Jose Luis Delgado
Funny. --- Mladen Gogala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about: > > SELECT 'RUMPELSTILSKIN' FROM DUAL; > > That should be a good guess. > > -- > Mladen Gogala > Oracle DBA > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Jose Lu

Re: Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Stephen Andert
Stephane, No time to look at it enough to do it. Also, not a lot of time is spent tuning our test/dev environments. But I'd like to do it. Stephen >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/11/03 01:37PM >>> HI, I was wandering if a lot of people are copying statistics using dbms_stats from production to test

Re: Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
I use it a lot. I create mock databases where I just load the schema (from export rows=no) and then copy the statistics on top. That lets me do what-if scenarios, changing sql, init parameters, statistics, or even the Oracle version, without impacting anyone. When I find something that looks pr

quick rman question

2003-09-11 Thread Gene Gurevich
Hi does a command change backuppiece ... delete delete the info about a backup piece from a rman catalog only or does it also delete the backup piece itself from the tape? thanks gene __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design softwa

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Stephen Lee
Oh yeah, I forgot to say that in 9.2.0.3 the shared pool was broken up into "heaps" (Oracle terminology) but whatever fancy stuff they were trying to accomplish by doing this (I think part of the magical self-tuning initiative) was buggy and this hastened the fatal 4031 situation. There is a para

RE: Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Grabowy, Chris
By chance, do you have Tom Kyte's latest book? Effective Oracle by Design?? He states his opinion on this approach on page 30, section entitled "Test Against Representative Data". -Original Message- Stephane Paquette Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:38 PM To: Multiple recipients

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
How about: SELECT 'RUMPELSTILSKIN' FROM DUAL; That should be a good guess. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jose Luis Delgado > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:38 PM > To: Multiple recipients of

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Nelson Flores
At my university we were "given" Oracle licences .. as well as substantial gifts from Sun (Servers, workstations etc)... that way we finished University with good working knowledge of Solaris and Oracle on Solaris... Which is of course in their best interest... :S -Mensaje original- De

RE: Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
I don't use it a lot, since our test systems are currently complete copies of our li'l ol' 30GB production DB. But it's nice to have for things like the 9i RAC test, where we can't have a complete copy of the data (although I've yet to try it on there). And it has worked well so far from 8.1.7.4

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Jose Luis Delgado
Can you try: select global_name from global_name;??? compare it with your select ora_database_name from dual Are they the same? HTH JL --- David Wagoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You might get some surprising results from SELECT > ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM > DUAL; (see below). I have a DEV d

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Spears, Brian
how about select from v$database; bs -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 9:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi, this statement returns the GLOBAL_NAME value rather than the database name. Admittedly the 2 should usually be the same but often (following a

64 bit Oracle (8.1.7) on a 32 bit AIX kernel (AIX 4.3.3)

2003-09-11 Thread Schauss, Peter
O/S is AIX 4.3.3 /usr/sbin/bootinfo -p returns "chrp" meaning that the hardware is capable of either 32 or 64 bit operation. /usr/sbin/bootinfo -K returns "32" meaning that the kernel is running in 32 bit mode. When I run sqlplus the server says: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 -

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
Title: RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without When the database was cloned from prod, did the global name changed (alter databeas db rename global_name  to ...) Maybe ora_database_name takes it from global_name.     Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases de donnees D

DRG-50857: oracle error in drixtab.create_index_tables

2003-09-11 Thread Oracle DBA
Hi List, Has anyone ever seen this erro while creating interMediatext index? If so please help me out to resolve the same. TIA create index hibm_taxonomy.taxcategoryvalue_value * ERROR at line 1: ORA-29855: error occurred in the execution of ODCIINDEXCREATE routine ORA-2: interMedia Text err

Re: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
It's sys.props$ if it reflects global dbname. Tanel. - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:37 PM > > Just a guess..most possibly it is fetching from v$databaseAfter cloning > from production, if you

How to tell if XML option is installed in the db?

2003-09-11 Thread Murali_Pavuloori/Claritas
Gurus: How can we find out if XML is installed in DB? I looked @ the v$option and it doesnot say. I have queried the dba_users for XDB user...is this the correct way? Please help. Thanks in advance. Murali. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: Mu

RE: converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
Example given below is for the same user. /home/govindank> sqlplus user/[EMAIL PROTECTED] SQL*Plus: Release 8.1.6.0.0 - Production (c) Copyright 1999 Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.6.3.0 - Production With the Partitioning option

RE: asp page errors, odbc drivers for Oracle

2003-09-11 Thread Pardee, Roy E
Have you tried the kb? http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;kbhowto&sd=MSDN&ln=EN-US&FR=0 this one caught my eye: How to Configure IIS to Connect to Oracle from ASP and ADO http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;193225 HTH, -Roy Roy Pardee Programmer/Analys

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread raju pa
Maybe from service_name in init ora file. David Wagoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You might get some surprising results from SELECT ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL; (see below).  I have a DEV database cloned from Prod. and it still lists the Prod. DB name with that query.  Where is it reading the na

RE: DataBase Sizing Guide

2003-09-11 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Munish How close do you need to be on sizing? The most accurate method is to create a test table, load a sample of your data, analyze the table so you get data in user_tables. Then you need to figure out the average number of rows per data block. Then calculate the number of blocks your table

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Just a guess..most possibly it is fetching from v$databaseAfter cloning from production, if you don't change db_name explicitly for dev database , it will show production databse name in v$database Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
Good point. Then run the following query: select name from v$database; HTH GovindanK On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 11:44 , Wolfgang Breitling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >What is your point? Mike Hately's statement is still correct. It returns >the global_name which should be, but not necessarily IS, the

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread David Wagoner
Title: RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without My point was that you can see different names by using different queries.  But, you and Mike brought up a good point- I need to use the "alter database rename global_name to XXX" after cloning databases to avoid any such confusio

Copying statistics : used a lot ????

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
HI, I was wandering if a lot of people are copying statistics using dbms_stats from production to test environment to see what will be the access plan. If not used, why ? no time to look at it, bugged, not usefull ,... ? Stephane Paquette Administrateur de bases de donnees Database Administrat

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Wolfgang Breitling
What is your point? Mike Hately's statement is still correct. It returns the global_name which should be, but not necessarily IS, the same as db_name since it can be set to any arbitrary value. Of course, if you are using replication you better set it to the correct value or it will not work: s

RE: Documents in or outside the database.

2003-09-11 Thread Pardee, Roy E
And don't forget file permissions issues either--especially if there will ever be a firewall between your db and your users. If the docs are in the db, users won't need OS perms to read/write/delete anything on the filesystem... Roy Pardee Programmer/Analyst/DBA SWFPAC Lockheed Martin IT Extensio

Re: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Faroult
And possibly more than 20 tables in the hotel's restaurant ... Tanel Poder wrote: > > In Estonian language, the word "administrator" also means receptionist. > Guess how many former hotel receptionists or whatever security desk > operators I've had to turn down in past when they've looked for DBA

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread David Wagoner
Title: RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without You might get some surprising results from SELECT ORA_DATABASE_NAME FROM DUAL; (see below).  I have a DEV database cloned from Prod. and it still lists the Prod. DB name with that query.  Where is it reading the name from?  You c

8.1.7 on AIX 5.2

2003-09-11 Thread Schauss, Peter
We are getting ready to migrate one of our instances from AIX 4.3.3 to 5.2. Do I need to get different media for this? Thanks, Peter Schauss -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Schauss, Peter INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-53

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
There is at least 2 Stephane : Stephane Faroult (Oriole), Stephane Paquette (Standard Life) Stephane -Original Message- Mladen Gogala Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:50 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Standard life? I thought that you work for Oriole corp.? -- Mladen G

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
At the time, no policy. Yes we were paying for the software. Small market but a lot of visibility : IATA (International Air Transport Association), ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) those 2 run Oracle, plus all the UN organizations are non profit organizations. Stephane

RE: URGENT REPORTS WONT START

2003-09-11 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: URGENT REPORTS WONT START Getting error: REP-50125: Caught exception: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException One note I found on web said to comment out some tags.  Doesn't seem to help.  Any ideas?

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Govindan K
/u005/oracle/product/rdbms/admin> ls -l dbmstrig.sql -rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 8657 Apr 28 2002 dbmstrig.sql /u005/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/admin> sed -n '76,85p' dbmstrig.sql Rem returns the current database name create or replace function database_name return varchar2 is begin retur

RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
And the database must be muave. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA -Original Message- Guang Mei Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:15 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L There must be a "G" missing there. It should be "(20G or more Oracle tables)". Guang -Original Messag

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
Standard life? I thought that you work for Oriole corp.? -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stephane Paquette > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:39 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Sub

Re: Problem to sync primary and standby databases....

2003-09-11 Thread Jose Luis Delgado
Tanel... thanks for your input... both options are placed... standby_archive_dest for managed recovery (that's the goal) and... log_archive_dest_1 because when Oracle 'looks' for the archive log files... uses this parameter to find them. really, my problem is why my db are not synchronized! :-

RE: Bomb scare at OpenWorld

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
So that's what happened. OTN says "Due to Thursday's events at Moscone Center, VP Product Strategy Ken Jacobs' keynote has been rescheduled for 11am on Friday.", but they didn't say what it the "events" were. Bummer for OracleWorld folk that have to catch planes, I guess. Rich Rich Jesse

RE: Bomb scare at OpenWorld

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
Nothing is known, except that the call came from the area code 425. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Johnston, Tim > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 1:54 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

RE: alert log for physical standby?--pilot error

2003-09-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
not according to the oracle documentation. A physical standby has to be on the same platform/same operating system (including patches)/same database release logical standby databases do not have to conform to that restriction --- Murali_Pavuloori/[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can we setup a phys

Re: Problem to sync primary and standby databases....

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! standby_archive_dest only applies in managed recovery mode e.g. when you issue "recover managed standby database". In regular recovery case logs are searched from log_archive_dests by default. Tanel. - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Problem to sync primary and standby databases....

2003-09-11 Thread Jose Luis Delgado
Hi... I'm experiencing a problem with standby databases... This is what I did: 1.- Setup primary database for failover with and standby database ...everything ok. 2.- Setup standby database, setup ALMOST ok... Why almost?, because I put (by mistake): standby_archive_dest = "location=path/x" af

RE: alert log for physical standby?--pilot error

2003-09-11 Thread Murali_Pavuloori/Claritas
Can we setup a physical standby on a different OS (Win 2003) than the primary db (Win 2000). Thanks in advance. Murali. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: INET: Murali_Pavuloori/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://ww

RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Excellent..but most difficult part to pass through recruiters these days... Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:29:24 -0800 It is because of some oxes in HR departments -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Tanel, As I am st

OT: Bomb scare at OpenWorld

2003-09-11 Thread Johnston, Tim
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5074383.html?tag=fd_top Regards, Tim Johnston Tel: 978-322-4226 Fax: 978-322-4100 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Johnston, Tim INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.

RE: alert log for physical standby?--pilot error

2003-09-11 Thread Paul Baumgartel
You and Rachel are right, I meant to say background_dump_dest. I am unfortunately on Windoze. However--I have just realized that my standby is running under 9.2.0.4 and primary under 9.2.0.3, which is, uh, wrong! I'm going to upgrade the primary machine and try again... Thanks! --- Stephane Fa

Re: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
In Estonian language, the word "administrator" also means receptionist. Guess how many former hotel receptionists or whatever security desk operators I've had to turn down in past when they've looked for DBA job. Oh, yes, some of them had over 20 years administrator experience in large organization

RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread A.Bahar
It is because of some oxes in HR departments -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Tanel, As I am still in the job market looking for any full time assignment, I see all type of requirements like 5+ years 9i experienc

Re: (long and boring) converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Hm, yep, it seems it works only in insert select command (I tried an update with subquery) but didn't succeed).In this case try following:   1) if you got partitioning option and have enough space to store a temporary copy of your table in database, then:   SQL> create table t (id number, lo

Re: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Tanel, As I am still in the job market looking for any full time assignment, I see all type of requirements like 5+ years 9i experience etc and will see in coming weeks same for 10g( 5+ years experience with Oracle 10g).. What you can do for this when dealing with recruiters who even don't

RE: Migrating RMAN catalog database to 9.2.0 and supporting 8.0.6

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
Title: Message 9.2.0.3 catalog works with 8.1.7, that I have tested personally. I don't have a clue about 8.0.6.     --Mladen GogalaOracle DBA -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, September 11, 200

Re: Oracle 9iAS form displays gray box

2003-09-11 Thread Matjaz Jordan
It's not trying to load another form. When you click OK, you get gray box. If you look into test.fmb, you'll see "exit_form;" under button "OK" John Shaw wrote: Just a guess - but you might need to create / configure a provider for forms - also you might check your display setting in the conf f

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
Speaking of non-profit organisations, what is Oracle's policy on that? Do they sell Oracle software to non-profit groups? Probably it's a small market at best, but Personal Oracle might meet their needs. Another group that comes to mind are high schools and colleges, they might want to purchase

Re: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Alternately check in $ORACLE_HOME/dbs directory for alertSID. log. I observed that people are still using defaults while creating databases Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:24:26 -0800 Unless th

Re: question about migrating to 9i

2003-09-11 Thread M Rafiq
Tanel, Thanks. By the way congrat for becoming an OCM Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 03:19:24 -0800 Hi! Yes, the problem with own scipts was, that they tended go get "old", especially when the sa

RE: Oracle 9iAS form displays gray box

2003-09-11 Thread Indy Johal
This is because you have the Applet loaded and that grey portion is the applet portion whose height and width is been defined in your dynamic HTML file generated by Forms servlet. This applet is used to talk to the Forms and displays them on the browser and after pressing the OK button, you are ex

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Stephen Lee
Initial testing indicates that the bug(s) that caused index create/rebuild online to lock a table and then get permanently stuck in a hung state have been fixed. It looks like 9.2.0.4 does NOT fix the problem of fatal 4031 situations that can only be cleared by restarting the instance. So you ar

RE: asp page errors, odbc drivers for Oracle

2003-09-11 Thread Nelson Flores
Do you have any more info?? If it's a variable problem, then try tracing (response.write) the global variable locally, if it shows nothing, then that's the problem (IIS acting childish again!!), if it does then check the connectivity by testing ODBC... I've had no problems with either Microsoft o

Re: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Yechiel Adar
Oracle9.2.0.4 on Windows. I installed it yesterday and upgraded my test database, with OID, and it worked fine. It is available since 15AUG2003. Yechiel Adar Mehish - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 12:2

RE: Database Link

2003-09-11 Thread Luis deUrioste
You need to configure your TNSNames in your 9i Box. Luis -Original Message- Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:39 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dear List, I have two database one on 8.1.7.4 on sun Solaris 8.2 and another one on oracle 9.0.1(two separate box) I have created

Re: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread Rachel Carmichael
Unless they have radically changed how they handle physical standby databases, you should have an alert log for that database. Have you logged in as sysdba and checked the location of the background_dump_dest in v$parameter? --- Paul Baumgartel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've created a physica

RE: Oracle 9iAS form displays gray box

2003-09-11 Thread Randy Pace
This appears to be standard appearance. The browser is not trying to display anything else. All you have done after you press the OK is close the form. After forms closes it simply keeps the gray box there. -Original Message-From: John Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thur

RE: alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Faroult
This seems strange to me, because things are written to the alert log file when the instance starts, even when the database is not opened. It should have been background_dump_dest (not user_dump_dest) and sometimes stuff is written to $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/log. If you have looked for the file with f

RE: Migrating RMAN catalog database to 9.2.0 and supporting 8.0.6

2003-09-11 Thread Paula_Stankus
Title: RE: Migrating RMAN catalog database to 9.2.0 and supporting 8.0.6, 8.1.7, 9.2.0 Before I begin I have an rman catalog currently in 8.1.7 it supports catalogs for databases in 8.0.6 I wish to migrate using database migration assistant to 9.2.0 and keep the older catalogs in-place. Wi

RE: What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Guang Mei
There must be a "G" missing there. It should be "(20G or more Oracle tables)".   Guang -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Tanel PoderSent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:49 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: What

Re: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Abey Joseph
That same mentality applies to organizations with 100-200 users! After the latest meeting with the Oracle rep, damagement is seriously considering alternate database systems. Abey. - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, Septemb

What is a large database?

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
I got a mail from a recruiter searching for Senior Oracle Developers.   "Minimum of four years hands-on application programming experience using Oracle RDBMS, including two years using Oracle version 8.0 or higher on large databases (20 or more Oracle tables)."   I've always wondered, where

alert log for physical standby?

2003-09-11 Thread Paul Baumgartel
I've created a physical standby database that seems to be performing properly, but there's no alert log in user_dump_dest, nor anywhere else on the machine. Is there no alert log until/unless the standby undergoes a role transition? TIA = Paul Baumgartel Transcentive, Inc. www.transcentive

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
It's probably just someone executing some arbitrary code on your Windohs box. At least according to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-039 pushed out yesterday (Sep 10). Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Stephane Paquette
I used to work for a large but non profit organisation (.org) and we were using Oracle, the sales rep never send us Christmas card for sure Stephane -Original Message- Mladen Gogala Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:30 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L There should be

job number in alert log vs. job number in dba_jobs?

2003-09-11 Thread rgaffuri
when i get a failure and oracle writes to my alert log, the job number does not match to the one in dba_jobs. any way to map these two different numbers? other than figuring it out from the error message and the 'what' in dba_jobs? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.ne

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
There should be a low level pricing for home users, so that people who download oracle may use metalink. I would pay for home support if it was something like $150/ year for my Linux box. There should also be a low price for small companies wih <16 users. One should be able to buy a 16 users lice

Re: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Tanel Poder
Hi! I wouldn't call it a real negative experience, but: C:\Work\Oracle>sqlplus "admin/admin" SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on N Sep 11 17:21:59 2003 Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Pr

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Jesse, Rich
Actually, I was wondering why Robert would care about 9.2.0.4 since his 10g New Features book (Oracle Press, 0-07-222947-0) is due out this December. Isn't 9i a little passé? :D Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech I

Re: Oracle 9iAS form displays gray box

2003-09-11 Thread John Shaw
Just a guess - but you might need to create / configure a provider for forms - also you might check your display setting in the conf file.>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/10/2003 4:49:29 PM >>>     Hi  

RE: Sql loader

2003-09-11 Thread Mladen Gogala
1) Write a perl script which will rewrite the control file on the fly. 2) Write a script which will generate a symbolic link for the file du jour. 3) Do PURGE *.txt/KEEP=1 (I couldn't resist, it was the best OS ever). -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PR

RE: RE: RE: DB2 has a foot in the door

2003-09-11 Thread Goulet, Dick
I believe Mr. Ellison is responding to a lot of market pressure, and failing DB sales. I know it would be a relief here to see this inplace soon, but as always the "DEVIL is in the details". Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, Septe

RE: 9.2.0.4 anyone

2003-09-11 Thread Odland, Brad
Linking issues with installing 9.2.0.4 patch on HP/UX... Had migrated a 8.1.7 database inplace to 9.2.0.2 whcih went fine and went to apply 9.2.0.4 patchset and the relink splattered all over the place. Patch requirments were vauge at best and found a list of required OS patches on HP's tech site

Sql loader

2003-09-11 Thread roland . skoldblom
Hallo, Anyone whom could tell me if it is in an sqlloader possible to write for instance this if you dont know the exactly name of file. infile '/d31/datafiler/sema/incoming/konkurrenter.*' If there are going to be files with different extensions fo rinstance the first time a file is going to b

RE: Sqlloader question

2003-09-11 Thread Scott Canaan
The way I handled a similar situation was to create a default SQL*Loader file with something recognizable in the place that you want to do the substitution (in your case, the infile filename). Then, I wrote a shell script that created the correct filename and copied the default SQL*Loader file to

RE: how can I see which database I am logged into without

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I wonder if there is a list somewhere of all the nice things DUAL can say. : ) Patrice. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Thanks about this tip, I didn't know about this one :) Tanel. - Original Message - T

RE: converting long to lob - the easiest and fastest way ?

2003-09-11 Thread Siddharth Haldankar
One more thing my database is 8.1.7, think this alter table modify from long to clob is 9i feature   With Warm Regards Siddharth Haldankar Cisco Systems Inc. ODC Zensar Technologies Ltd. #  : 4128374 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [E

asp page errors, odbc drivers for Oracle

2003-09-11 Thread Boivin, Patrice J
I have been struggling with an asp-based IIS web application one server, it is tarting to look like a global asp variable is not being passed down to a local asp variable. Has anyone ever seen this type of thing before? I have had a number of problems with this system, I am starting to wonder how

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