Re: core dump for tkprof

2003-03-27 Thread Bjørn Engsig
lines produced by 10046 level 8. /Bjørn. AK wrote: when I am trying to execute tkprof on 10046 output file ( level 8 ) , i am getting core dump . any idea why ?   thanks, ak -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk

Re: max_commit_propagation_delay

2003-03-27 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: pl/sql engine doubt

2003-03-24 Thread Bjørn Engsig
tatements in both paragraphs seems ambiguous. Pls shade some light. Thanks Sam __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk

Re: Bind variable use in C++ SQL Calls

2003-03-24 Thread Bjørn Engsig
ET file_identity = file_identity + 1 WHERE file_table = '%s' ", strFile); pDatabase->ExecuteSQL(strSQL); -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk

Re: Oracle position on hints

2003-03-12 Thread Bjørn Engsig
  Raj - Rajendra dot Jamadagni at espn dot com Any views expressed here are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !! -Original Message- From: Bjørn Engsig[mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Oracle position on hints

2003-03-11 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: Quick question on cursor resource use

2003-03-11 Thread Bjørn Engsig
ecture stuff was silent on the subject. Ciao Fuzzy :-) -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk

Re: Fudging outlines

2003-03-07 Thread Bjørn Engsig
improve the execution plan. I want to stuff that execution plan into a stored outline so that the unhinted query uses that plan plan each time it executes. Can this be done? -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk rem rem This

Re: Character Set / Encrypted text question

2003-03-07 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: Character Set / Encrypted text question

2003-03-06 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: NLS_COMP=ANSI and NLS_SORT=GENERIC_BASELETTER

2003-03-01 Thread Bjørn Engsig
e actually using that sorts... Any ideas would be apreciated... TIA Kalle Gå före i kön och få din sajt värderad på nolltid med Yahoo! Express -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk

Re: Which is beter a cursor or a for loop?

2003-02-24 Thread Bjørn Engsig
to state them to be views of any such entity. This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by MailMarshal - For more information please visit www.marshalsoftware.com -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMA

Re: function based indexes.

2003-02-22 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: Snapshot Too Old Error on Export !!!

2003-02-21 Thread Bjørn Engsig
do. Hence, the verbose reply.) -Original Message- Could somebody help me here, this is very critical to be running production without proper backups .! -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk

Re: Snapshot Too Old Error on Export !!!

2003-02-21 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: Ref Cursor

2003-02-21 Thread Bjørn Engsig
ately. -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk

Re: yapp_pack.zip

2003-02-20 Thread Bjørn Engsig
fo from my statspack snapshots. They work without modification on 8.1.7 but not on 9.2. I was just wondering (before I attempt to modify myself) if anyone had updated these scripts to work against the 9.2 statspack tables. Thanks, Chris -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Tab

Re: Know 1 database, know them all?

2003-02-20 Thread Bjørn Engsig
ll allow you to clearly distinguish portable from non-portable code. /Bjørn. -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S Member of Oak Table Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://MiracleAS.dk

Re: RAC 9i - renamin files

2003-02-20 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: ORA-00600 [12333], [0], [0]

2002-04-19 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: PK field - number of char

2002-04-18 Thread Bjørn Engsig
than a PK based on a character field? > > > > I've seen it mentioned a couple of times today under the "Design > > Question" topic. > > > > It doesn't make any sense to me that one or the other would be faster. > > After all, we are talking a

Re: Design question...

2002-04-17 Thread Bjørn Engsig
NOT NULL VARCHAR2(50) > > I'm trying to figure out which is more efficient, STATE_CODE or STATE_ID, > when doing a PK lookup, dealing with FKs, etc. > > Many TIA!!! > > Chris -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S http://MiracleAS.dk -- Please s

Re: What is Oracle made from ?

2002-04-17 Thread Bjørn Engsig
38-5051 > > San Diego, California-- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > > > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT s

Re: What is Oracle made from ?

2002-04-17 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: Fav. Urban Legend...Mem vs Disk

2002-03-20 Thread Bjørn Engsig
t; > > > > Hi Jared, > > > > > > > > > > * You *have* to take a COLD backup of the > > > > database after using > > > > > > > resetlogs. > > > > > > > > > > > (Not required - a Hot backup a

Re: what pl/sql construct can return multiple rows?

2002-03-20 Thread Bjørn Engsig
e, but how do you spit > out multiple rows from PL/SQL? > > thx > > > Bill Magaliff > Framework, Inc. > 914-631-2322 -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S http://MiracleAS.dk -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Bj=F8rn=20Eng

Re: Disk is cheap?

2002-03-20 Thread Bjørn Engsig
and 23 > > disks. The 24th disk is cheap, but how much does the 25th disk cost? In > > addition to the disk drive we need a cabinet, controllers, cache, host > > adapters, cables, floor space, environmental controls, installation, > > configuration, management, maintenance contract, an

Re: Disk is cheap?

2002-03-19 Thread Bjørn Engsig
SPACE is not so cheap. If that were true, how come people buy disk space and end up with enough GB but too few spindles, in stead of buying enough spindles and realizing they have lots of spare disk space? (Couldn't resist that one, I know this is not really what you meant) Rgds, Bjørn

Re: CURSOR_SHARING=FORCE

2002-03-15 Thread Bjørn Engsig
=FORCE but that degrade the performance of queries. > We are having 9.0.1.2.1 on Win 2k. > What can be the other options along with Cursor_sharing to redunce soft and > hard parse. > > Thanks > --Harvinder -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S http://MiracleAS.dk -- Please see the official OR

Re: SOFT PARSE RATIO?

2002-03-13 Thread Bjørn Engsig
ards, > > > Ed > > > > > > > Hi > > > > In our database I found SOFT PARSE RATION is 62% which is lower than > > > > normal.What could be problem and how to correct this problem?Please > > > > suggest. Thx > > > > -Seema

Re: SOFT PARSE RATIO?

2002-03-12 Thread Bjørn Engsig
e: > Seema, > > I believe you can reduce that ratio by using session_cursors > > Regards, > Ed > > > Hi > > In our database I found SOFT PARSE RATION is 62% which is lower than > > normal.What could be problem and how to correct this problem?Please > >

Re: SOFT PARSE RATIO?

2002-03-12 Thread Bjørn Engsig
> suggest. Thx > -Seema > > > _ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S http://MiracleAS.dk -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?i

Re: Help with Parsing and TKPROF output

2002-03-06 Thread Bjørn Engsig
L statements in trace file. > 64 SQL statements EXPLAINed using schema: >CSISDBA.prof$plan_table > Default table was used. > Table was created. > Table was dropped. >19969 lines in trace file. -

Re: Perf Advice Needed: cache buffers chains, high waits,

2002-03-01 Thread Bjørn Engsig
f 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > > > -- > > Please see th

Re: "Global" variable in Pl/SQL

2002-02-26 Thread Bjørn Engsig
be able to see > this value of PPP.VVV . > > Thanks a lot in advance ! -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S http://MiracleAS.dk -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Bj=F8rn=20Engsig?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-

Re: Linux Cluster

2002-02-22 Thread Bjørn Engsig
On Friday 22 February 2002 16:03, "Henrik Ekenberg wrote: > Who is your configuration ? Two nodes running in VMWare on an HP laptop > 2- Which Linux version ? RH 7.1 + logical volume manager > 3- Which Oracle version ? 9.0.1.2.0 > 4- Is is fun ? That depends. -- Bjørn En

Re: How to make deletes faster.

2002-02-22 Thread Bjørn Engsig
good suggestions. I have already tried all the obvious > init.ora parameters like make_delete_faster=true but > they do not seem to work.:-) > > Thanks > Sonia > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2

Re: Anybody against using views?

2002-02-22 Thread Bjørn Engsig
hink. I can see several reasons to use views and a few reasons > > not to use them. I was just wondering what the rest of the group > > thought. > > > > Ron Smith > > DBA > > Kerr-McGee Corp -- Bjørn Engsig, Miracle A/S http://MiracleAS.dk -- Please see the official OR

Re: Anybody against using views?

2002-02-21 Thread Bjørn Engsig
eports in Crystal Reports. The > application administrator is leery of using views and ask the DBA group > what we think. I can see several reasons to use views and a few reasons > not to use them. I was just wondering what the rest of the group thought. > > Ron Smith > DBA &

Re: Rollback Segments

2002-02-21 Thread Bjørn Engsig
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Re: Rollback Segments

2002-02-20 Thread Bjørn Engsig
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 20:53, bill thater wrote: > > i had to do a bunch with SQL*Calc because damagement understood > Lotus123. it was less than enjoyable.;-) I was porting SQL*Calc to Unix - that was even less than enjoyable! Rgds, Bjørn. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http:/

Re: Rollback Segments

2002-02-20 Thread Bjørn Engsig
Bambi, HLI and OCI - that reminds me of another nice one from the dark ages. Some of you around here, who consider yourself "old" in terms of Oracle may remember, the oci call osql3(), which was later superceeded by oparse() (version 6/7-ish, I think). Well, the reason for the old call being

Re: Rollback Segments

2002-02-19 Thread Bjørn Engsig
There must be somebody beside myself remembering version 3, which did not have read consistency - the great new feature of version 4. In 3, doing UFI> insert into emp select * from emp; would cause anything from having 28 rows in emp till having and endless loop in the kernel only finishing w

Re: 'index only' table vs. 'index organized' table

2002-02-15 Thread Bjørn Engsig
The term "index only tables" was replaced by "index organized table" sometime during the early stages, so it might have creeped into some documentation somewhere. It's exactly the same thing and are also known as IOT's. On Thursday 14 February 2002 22:31, you wrote: > Greetings all, > > Can an

Re: DB sizing - whitepaper

2002-02-14 Thread Bjørn Engsig
Ramesh, I still don't know exactly what you mean by 'database sizing'.  If what you really mean is 'disk capacity', the most important factor today is the number of I/O's available on your most active tablespaces and the redo log files.  Frequently, you end up with a situation, that your disk c

Re: DB sizing - whitepaper

2002-02-14 Thread Bjørn Engsig
Ramesh, I presume you are looking for something to tell you how to configure a database server, and such a thing does not exist. Period. The real answer is, that this is far too application dependent, and that only the application developers can provide anything of this kind. And even in th

Re: What are the major difference between Oracle RAC and Parallel server?

2002-02-12 Thread Bjørn Engsig
It is not completely true what others have said, that RAC is the same as OPS. RAC obviously builds on OPS, but there are quite a lot of enhancements to improve the cache coherency issues, and it is also expected that 9iR2 brings even more. Thanks, Bjørn. dist cash wrote: > ORACLE 9i claim it

Re: White space compression in Oracle

2002-02-12 Thread Bjørn Engsig
Title: White space compression in Oracle Marc, There are subtle differences between CHAR and VARCHAR2 when it comes to comparison semantics as CHAR comparisons are blank padded, which VARCHAR2 are not.   Thanks, Bjørn. Marc Perkowitz wrote: Beth, Actually, varchar2 is char with

Re: high tkprof parse counts == real # of hard parses?

2002-02-12 Thread Bjørn Engsig
seq$ will be soft parsed for each use of a non-cached sequence number. I would suggest you run your session with event 10046 traceing turned on. Thanks, Bjørn. James Manning wrote: [Bjørn Engsig] There are two things worth mentioning: cursor_sharing does NOT remove soft parses

Re: Instream SQL

2002-02-11 Thread Bjørn Engsig
If you're in to perl, you can get an Oracle module for perl. Thanks, Bjørn. Smith, Ron L. wrote: >I have a Unix batch script that calls a short (5 line) SQL script. Is there >any way to include the SQL statements in the Unix script >instead of calling the SQL? > >Ron Smith >DBA >Kerr-McGee

Re: high tkprof parse counts == real # of hard parses?

2002-02-11 Thread Bjørn Engsig
Jared Still wrote: >Re the soft parse: this is essentially hashing the SQL >and getting a hit in the lib cache. These can't be >avoided. > Well, properly coded applications, that execute the same SQL statement over and over again are code, such that there are no - hard or soft - parses. A

Re: Performance issues

2002-02-08 Thread Bjørn Engsig
You should not expect to see much performance improvement, except in special cases where you can replace large deletes or loads by simpler partition operations. Your decision to use partitioning should be based on the ability to handle (i.e. DBA work) partitions separately, where you can e.g.

Re: ORA-01000: maximum open cursors exceeded

2002-02-08 Thread Bjørn Engsig
It only cost you memory on the server side - there is practically no performance hit. However, running out of open_cursors could be a sign of incorrectly coded applications, that would open and never close a cursor. You therefore need to keep an eye on this - v$open_cursor may be of interest

[Fwd: Re: STATSPACK impact?]

2002-02-07 Thread Bjørn Engsig
To get resonable results from the reports, your timing interval should be around 10 to 30 minutes.  As running statspack collection every that often is likely to produce far too much data than you want to have space for, I always recommend running statspack collection in a system like this

Re: Tkprof.

2002-02-05 Thread Bjørn Engsig
If you are in to doing just moderately interesting performance investigation and tuning, I would highly recommend learning how to use the raw trace file. The aggregation that tkprof does has a tendency to hide information rather than providing much more than the raw file. Thanks, Bjørn. [EMA

Re: OPS DBA work (was dumb question)

2002-02-05 Thread Bjørn Engsig
m each other   Regards   John        -----Original Message- From: Bjørn Engsig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 February 20021 2:25 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: OPS DBA work (was dumb question) With the caveat, that I am a consultant and not actually a

Re: OPS DBA work (was dumb question)

2002-02-05 Thread Bjørn Engsig
Title: Message With the caveat, that I am a consultant and not actually a DBA, I would argue very strongly, that the OPS DBA needs quite some extra understanding, knowledge and experience compared to one managing a single instance Oracle.  In particular: - Performance problems, primarily due to

Re: Questions on DB Design

2002-02-01 Thread Bjørn Engsig
You clearly also need to ask these persons about application design. Together with the database design, poor application design is the source of countless performance problems. The good application developer is fully aware of how Oracle handles SQL statemens, how he should and should not wri

[Fwd: Oracle Tunning]

2002-01-31 Thread Bjørn Engsig
--- Begin Message --- You may wont to reconsider using Richard Niemiec's book.  It's unfortunately NOT one of the best books on Oracle tuning, you can get.  It's actually pretty full of factual errors and poor advices.  There is a quite negative review on amazon, that you should read. I too,

Re: [Fwd: [Fwd: Re: ora-00600 error]]

2002-01-16 Thread Bjørn Engsig
The ora-600 12333 occurs in the two task layer, if it receives a function code or argument, that is unexpected or invalid.  Normally,the arguments after [12333] identify some details about this, and there are a few metalink notes relevant.  The 12333 will always be followed by an ora-3106. In