standby archivelogs

2003-06-13 Thread Jim Neugebauer
nd be unavailable to archive local logs?  do archivers give priority to local logs somehow?   Is there a way to separate local archive processes vs. remote archive processes?  I do not want to increase the number of archivers because this will only saturate the network more...   Thanks!   Jim

RMAN reports

2003-06-04 Thread Jim Neugebauer
here but so far it has been a real pain to keep track of all the backups running in our enterprise.   TIA   Jim Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

how to update rbs?

2003-01-02 Thread Jim
I want to change TRANSACTIONS_PER_ROLLBACK_SEGMENT default parameters of rbs segments. but i don't know where this parameter is, how can i deal with it? ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-01-02 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ:

what's the exact meaning of those messages?

2002-12-30 Thread Jim
, but worked finally after a while, I got lots of those messages from alert.log file. what's the exact meaning of those messages? My Oracle is 8.1.7.3.0. and OS is aix 5.1 Thanks in advance. ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2002-12-30 -- Plea

share oracle info?

2002-12-20 Thread Jim
Where can i find any softcopy or hardcopy books containing explanations or details of all data dictionary table? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jim INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San

how many records will be keep in v$log_history?

2002-12-17 Thread Jim
how to modify the default vaule for v$log_history? -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jim INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services

RE: Oracle 9.2.0.1/2 on Mandrake 9 - solved

2002-11-14 Thread Jim . Conboy
I've been told the same thing, but the reasoning was that they couldn't guarantee what was put out for download was actually the correct build. Not sure that's very reassuring, either. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 12:34 PM To: Multiple rec

Call for a featured speaker for St. Louis Oracle Users Group...

2002-11-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
like to work something out? Obviously, we are looking for the authors, Guru's, IOUG presenters, other User Group presenters, etc. Thanks, Jim -- ▪▪▪▪ Jim Hawkins Oracle© / MS SQL*Server© Database Administration St.

RE: Oracle 8i DB, 9i DB and 9iAS on same Unix box, refused

2002-11-12 Thread Jim . Conboy
have their own orahome with apache.  iAS Release 2 is smart enough to keep its various apaches, etc on diffferent ports but the 9.2 DB install might not be.   Jim -Original Message-From: Don Malzahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:44 PMTo: Mul

RE: Data Purging Strategy

2002-11-06 Thread Conboy, Jim
x27;m sure here's some gotchas involved but some variation on that theme might work.   Jim     -Original Message-From: Tim Gorman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:49 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Re: Data Purging

RE: Linux

2002-10-23 Thread Jim Hawkins
We have Oracle 8.1.7 and 9.2.0 running on Red Hat Linux 7.2 - and love it. It is not a production box though. We are still in "test" mode. Jim Hawkins Oracle Database Administrator St. Louis, MO "Turner, Christine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Greetings

RE: ORA-01031: insufficient privileges

2002-10-18 Thread Conboy, Jim
Wow. That is a perfectly logical and amazingly simple explanation I would never have thought of. I am in awe. Jim Chris, The answer may be in what occurs below the water. Remember that RESOURCE is a bit special (here for Oracle 5 compatibility reasons), that it is one of the two (I

RE: DBA work load - BDBAFH #1

2002-09-30 Thread Conboy, Jim
. Poor Mr. Tech Lead, another sleepless night. I logged off, turned out the light, and slept like a baby. Next morning, hangover. The phone rings. I snatch it up angrily... -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Conboy, Jim INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Netw

RE: Followup: Apache core dumps after IP address change (solution)

2002-09-17 Thread Conboy, Jim
anges on a server can trigger the problem. Not a reassuring scenario for disaster recovery, eh? Jim -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Thanks to everyone who suggested ideas for my "emergency" yesterday. The

RE: Oracle Arm Twisting?

2002-08-14 Thread Conboy, Jim
hell do they show in metalink searches if we can't see them?). And the developers, if you can ever get to them, know their stuff and are a pretty decent bunch. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 5:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Well, that's

RE: OEM changes

2002-07-23 Thread Conboy, Jim
Now please, please tell me you don't REALLY talk about this geeky stuff at parties! Jim -Original Message- Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:53 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Wish I could. This was at a party, and the person speaking was an Oracle employee. We were ta

RE: Where is Oracle 9.2 init.ora?

2002-07-11 Thread Conboy, Jim
but only until reboot, SCOPE SPFILE changes the initialization file but won't take effect until reboot. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:43 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L For Oracle 9.2 (Solaris), can anyone tell me where Oracle is expectin

RE: runInstaller

2002-07-09 Thread Conboy, Jim
an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of '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). -- Pl

RE: Rollback segment shrinks

2002-06-05 Thread Jim Hawkins
Terry, What do you have "optimal" set to? I believe shrink only shrinks to the optimal size. Jim "Ball, Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Oracle 8.1.6.3 on Sun Solaris 2.6. > >The rollback tablespace filled up last night and the rollback segments

RE: export tables from sql Server to Oracle

2002-05-01 Thread Jim Hawkins
If you are on SQL*Server 2000, you can use DTS (Data Transformation Services) to unload data to Oracle. Jim Kader Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi listers, > >Can someone tell me how import tables from SQLServer >to Oracle. > >Than

RE: Oracle Financials Sys Admin. Needed in South Carolina

2002-04-29 Thread Conboy, Jim
solely on these calculators needs their head examined. But they can in fact provide useful information. $75K in Spartanburg doesn't look to be below-market. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 3:28 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L The only problem with this

RE: Oracle Financials Sys Admin. Needed in South Carolina

2002-04-29 Thread Conboy, Jim
As evidence of this, HomeFair.com's salary calculator says a salary of $100,000 in Manhattan is equivalent to $32,000 in Spartanburg. Doubt this is accurate to the penny, but if even close it sounds like $75K has you living like a king (or queen) in Spartanburg. Jim -Original Me

RE: Re: How come I don't get postings

2002-04-27 Thread Jim Hawkins
And new ones joining every day! Wow! Jim bill thater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> oh oh, lisa has a fan club :-) > > >with lots of members.;-) > > > >-- >-- >Bill "Shrek" Thater    

RE: Dbms_job not running

2002-04-19 Thread Conboy, Jim
Are there any jobs running? There's a couple of init.ora parameters that must be set first. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 2:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L If the parameters suggested are already set up right , I have one more thing to ask.

RE: RE: RE: World's largest database...

2002-04-18 Thread Jim Hawkins
Ian, Thanks for the info. Very interesting. Jim "MacGregor, Ian A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The  0.5 petabyte database at SLAC does not use Oracle;  it uses Objectivity.   >Objectivity is a small company which makes an OODB.  When the project started there >was

RE: RE: World's largest database...

2002-04-18 Thread Jim Hawkins
I can believe that - I think they are the group that offers all the geneaology services to track family histories. I'll bet that's one heck of database too! Jim "Boivin, Patrice J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At the Oracle Technology Day here they mentioned that

RE: initjvm and rmjvm failing

2002-04-18 Thread Conboy, Jim
Note 159801.1 (Full JVM Removal on 8.1.7) on Metalink may help. Haven't tried it myself but I fear I'm about to. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:08 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All I am trying to add Java support to one of the

World's largest database...

2002-04-18 Thread Jim Hawkins
http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO70250,00.html I thought we had someone on this list from this group, and was just wondering if this particular database was in Oracle or not. Jim -- _ Jim Hawkins Oracle Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED

Symbolic links for datafiles...

2002-04-17 Thread Jim Hawkins
e the names in DBA_DATA_FILES to actual mount points? I need this very quickly." Thanks in advance, Jim -- _____ Jim Hawkins Oracle Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] St. Louis, MO  USA __ You

RE: RE: Deleting old archive log files.

2002-04-04 Thread Jim Hawkins
You can recover just one or a set of datafiles with RMAN. I've had to do that for a recovery before. It will recover just the datafiles you need plus the necessary archive logs. Jim "Koivu, Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >No, not from what I saw.  I may b

32-bit vs. 64-bit on HP-UX 11.0

2002-03-29 Thread Jim Hawkins
We currently have PeopleSoft running on HP-UX 11.0 64-bit OS and Oracle 8.1.6 32-bit. We want to upgrade to Oracle 8.1.7.3 on the same OS, but the question is, do we go with 32-bit or 64-bit Oracle? Any feedback or information would be much appreciated. Jim

Big news regarding Oracle licensing...

2002-03-20 Thread Jim Hawkins
g and an overall higher cost. Oracle has 20,000 database customers in the United States. "We're not using this as some kind of revenue opportunity," said Woods. "We've got a whole lot of other stuff to sell than a batch feed. We have a lot more to offer, and thi

RE: Calling SQL statement

2002-03-14 Thread Conboy, Jim
s -s scott/tiger produces the following output: D - X **** Jim -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 8:33 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L !/bin/ksh sqlplus / <>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/14/02 06:26AM &g

RE: Oracle Hungry for Money

2002-03-13 Thread Conboy, Jim
u there are some on this list who've just realized they've been tricked into using an expensive add-on product they may not be able to back out of at this point. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 3:29 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L While I a

RE: RE: Do you use RMAN?

2002-03-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
But if using a backup catalog, doesn't the catalog have to be the same exact version of the database being backed up? That is, RMAN 9i may be used to do the backups as long as it writes to an appropriately versioned catalog. Is my thinking correct? Jim "Freeman, Robert " &l

RE: RE: Fav. Urban Legend...

2002-03-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
This may have already been stated, but how about: Making your SGA size bigger will always yield performance gains. There is a Law of Diminishing Returns at work when all the latches, free lists, etc. are taken into account for managing such a large SGA... Jim "Orr, Steve" <[EM

RE: RE: Re: NYOUG

2002-03-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
;NO!" And also, thanks for the other information about finding speakers. Jim P.S. Our website is www.sloug.org in case you are interested. Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jim, > >I might be interested in speaking, depends on dates and if the user >group pays

RE: Re: NYOUG

2002-03-11 Thread Jim Hawkins
Rachel, On a related note, I am now on the St. Louis OUG board, and have the same responsibilities of arranging speakers. May I ask what your methodology is for this, as well as if you would be interested in speaking? :) Jim Rachel Carmichael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >well

OT-Genesis of a DBA Universe

2002-03-06 Thread Jim Hawkins
of the creation. And his pager did ring and he ceased from resting and did spend his sabbath on the telephone with Oracle support. And by the time the DBA got through to someone who knew wherof they spake behold it was day and it was evening of the eighth day. And the DBA waxed wroth. Jim Hawkins

RE: 8i and Veritas NetBackup

2002-02-22 Thread Jim Hawkins
Rick, This is what our corporation uses as a standard. We are not having any of the problems you describe, however, we are on HP, AIX, Tru64, and NT, not Solaris. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Is anyone using this combination? We're having problems getting backups to work with

RE: Re: Fw: Just got back from SQL*Server 2000 training...

2002-02-19 Thread Jim Hawkins
for SQL*Server. Based on the nature of your system, you could gear the equivalent of an SGA accordingly. I almost spit up my two cups of coffee when the instructor showed me the GUI slide-bar that controls memory allocation to SQL*Server. "If you need more, just slide the bar to the

RE: RE: Oracle Advanced Replication

2002-02-18 Thread Jim Hawkins
tandby and primary in sync meta-data wise is not possible with SharePlex. Just something to consider. If you have a very active environment, this becomes a nightmare. Jim Oracle Database Administrator Nick Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Not yet, support for those objects are schedu

Just got back from SQL*Server 2000 training...

2002-02-18 Thread Jim Hawkins
r. *When txn log fills up, have to just "truncate" the log in order for processing to continue. Leaves system vulnerable until you get a full DB backup. *If you have a 100GB DB that is full, your backup will be 100GB. No compression of backups! Jim Oracle Database Administra

RE: Rollback Segments

2002-02-18 Thread Conboy, Jim
Holy cow Mladen, what a memory! Does anybody else remember (or admit to) using UFI? Jim ** ...does anybody still remember VAX/VMS, ORACLE$BI, IOR and ODT?... -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author

RE: The use of schemas

2002-02-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
Check your consultant's credentials. From what you've indicated, there is absolutely no reason to do this. Tell him he will get to do all the management of synonyms, permissions, and schema exports. I suppose he also wants separate tablespaces for each of these schemas as well? J

RE: SCOTT/TIGER

2002-01-23 Thread Conboy, Jim
I was once told with certainty from an Oracle instructor that Scott was an early developer, and Tiger was his cat. But without actually meeting Scott I take this with a grain of salt. I expect there are many urban legends surrounding this. Jim -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday

RE: RE: HP vs SUN for a UNIX box

2002-01-21 Thread Conboy, Jim
or us. As far as cost, HP wasn't competitive, Sun was much cheaper. Due to the cost difference we probably wouldn't be buying any more HPs, except when a certain product is only certified on HP or when the purchase decision is made by an HP-centric manager. Jim -Original Messa

RE: Re: Which Character set?

2002-01-16 Thread Jim Hawkins
We use WE8ISO8859P1 as a corporate standard for all databases globally with no problem. Haven't tried UTF8 yet though. Jim "Ron Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Unless you have the need to support other languages other than English or need to >support ch

RE: RE: Using procedures instead of coding update/insert

2002-01-15 Thread Jim Hawkins
I would also add that since stored procedures are "stored" in the database, they are backed up in the database as well. This has saved me a few times... Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >So what is the basis for the case by case judgement. I'm not being flip - >I really

Re: Grumble, grumble

2001-11-02 Thread Jim Conboy
You darn skippy, Bambi.  We never got specific error messages, either.  Just got something like 'patch failed' with no reference to where or why.  The world's gone soft since the days when 'computer people' all wore white smocks and carried boxes of punch card

RE: SAP and Oracle

2001-10-29 Thread Jim Conboy
we had to get our usage licenses directly from Oracle.  But since we had a corporate agreement with Oracle which covered these users anyway I never pursued that issue and can't vouch for it.   Jim>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/26/01 05:55PM >>> When you say for SAP only do you

RE: Java in the database

2001-10-26 Thread Jim Conboy
lity I'd appreciate hearing from you.  Thanks.   Jim >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/26/01 02:51PM >>> Take a look at OrionServer (www.orionserver.com)  at $1,500 / server and 5x faster than Web Logic, I would wonder why people would use others.  And OAS9i uses Orion as the core n

Re: Java in the database

2001-10-26 Thread Jim Conboy
d 9i came with a new servlet.  I looked on Metalink and couldn't tell, is that 'new' java servlet really Tomcat?   Jim >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/26/01 10:50AM >>> :-) Wait 2 weeks and I will tell you how is it running up to 500 people. "Oracle and BEA who

Re: Java in the database

2001-10-26 Thread Jim Conboy
en go with one of the big boys for the production system.  Have you - or anyone else - had Tomcat working in a production environment with, say, 100-200 concurrent users?  Thanks.   Jim>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/26/01 08:35AM >>> PL/SQL. Java code only on Tomcat-Jakarta (

RE: providing 24*7 database ---

2001-10-24 Thread Jim Conboy
luding indexes' made this work like a charm for me.   Jim>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/24/01 11:25AM >>> I couldn't verify that the non-partitioned indexes become unusable after exchanging the partition for the normal table.  In the sample I posted I snipped the output

RE: Little Brother Larry not really ON topic

2001-10-19 Thread Jim Conboy
Y'know, Bambi is such a gentle name, but you're scaring me with this in-depth knowledge. :-)   JIm>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/19/01 03:59PM >>> Yes, well, I think that they thought that was a pretty snazzy way not to pay on life insurance.  In practice, though, if

Re: Corrupt block in DBVERIFY

2001-07-09 Thread Jim Hawkins
I think you can run an "analyze index validate structure" on all the indexes in the tablespace associated with that datafile. Once you identify the corrupted index(es), you can drop/recreate them. Jim > I have a corrupt block according to DBVERIFY. The block is on an inde

Re: Corrupt block in DBVERIFY

2001-07-09 Thread Jim Hawkins
I think you can run an "analyze index validate structure" on all the indexes in the tablespace associated with that datafile. Once you identify the corrupted index(es), you can drop/recreate them. Jim > I have a corrupt block according to DBVERIFY. The block is on an inde

Re: Re[2]: SAP R3 and Locally Managed Tablespaces

2001-07-06 Thread Jim Hawkins
r a nice fee, of course). They found nothing wrong with our configuration, set-up, platform, etc. Their answer? Let's run this during times of low database use. I'm still laughing...I guess times of low use can span weeks in a large corporation! Jim > Jim, > > I d

Re: SAP R3 and Locally Managed Tablespaces

2001-07-06 Thread Jim Hawkins
le BTABD, STABD, etc. tablespaces. That would be the only thing I can see SAP being nervous about. In order to do table reorgs, I do this in the sense that I have a BTABD and a BTAB2D tablespace that I reorg the table to/from. Sorry if you already knew all this, but maybe others would benefit.

RE: * Oracle DBA Needed in Phoenix..

2001-07-06 Thread Jim Conboy
Preferably with no close friends or relatives, nobody to notice if you just...disappear.   Jim>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/06/01 09:10AM >>>>orastaff wrote:>We would like to submit someone who is a renter and who is interested>in Phoenix but has not applied to P

RE: Select only one of three tables

2001-07-03 Thread Jim Conboy
dept_one) union (select emp_id, dept from dept_three minus     (select emp_id, dept from dept_two union select emp_id, dept from dept_one)) /   and then go for some coffee if these tables are large at all.   Jim     Hello listI have a scenario in which I have to check three tables. If there is

RE: LMT for system tablespace

2001-07-02 Thread Jim Newman
Isn't SYSTEM the original locally managed tablespace? (lower case anyways) %^) Jim -Original Message- Carmichael Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 4:10 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Justin, You can't make the SYSTEM tablespace a locally managed tablespace. Oracle w

Re: "ALTER SYNONYM"?

2001-07-02 Thread Jim Conboy
* from temp;T-bbb3 rows selected.SVRMGR> Maybe some unwanted overhead with the view, but it might help out.   Jim   >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/30/01 04:56PM >>>Is there a way to do what would be an ALTER SYNONYM?I've got a synonym created that rotates between pointing

Re: Speed up massive delete

2001-06-28 Thread Jim Conboy
they should.  Just wanted to point that out, because Joe as provided the definitive answer, but only if you can read his entire response!  Weird.   Jim >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/28/01 11:06AM >>> ok lets cover this again on unrecoverable/nologging(yes i've done the researc

RE: Speed up massive delete

2001-06-28 Thread Jim Conboy
llion row table this method was very fast compared to DELETE.   Jim >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/28/01 10:58AM >>> Yes that is right. rgds amar -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 6:25 PM To: Multiple recipients o

RE: exp performance question ( direct=y)

2001-06-22 Thread Jim Conboy
No, buffer is ignored for DIRECT=Y.  But RECORDLENGTH should be set to DB_BLOCK_SIZE, or a multiple of it.  I've had dramatic gains in performance doing this.   Also, pre-8i you couldn't do direct-mode export of LONG fields.  As of sometime in 8i you can (I know it works in 8.1

RE: OT - interviewing your superior(fun question)

2001-06-21 Thread Jim Conboy
He also included something like "in the Congress" in his statement, so it was pretty clear he was speaking about providing political support as opposed to technological innovation.  If you read the transcript there's not much confusion.  But it does make for some go

RE: Prompt in Korn shell

2001-06-20 Thread Jim Newman
Were you looking for something like this? export PS1='$PWD:[$ORACLE_SID]:' Jim -Original Message- Alex Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Anybody knows how to show current working directory and in general shell variable in Korn

RE: Re[2]: Yahoo!

2001-06-20 Thread Jim Newman
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 the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jim Newman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: large SORT_AREA_SIZE usefullness

2001-06-20 Thread Jim Newman
Has the larger use of memory resulted in swapping? That could slow things down. Jim -Original Message- Poovathummoottil Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 11:26 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi All, We have small data warehouse database. Some queries against some fact

RE: Externally Identified User - Serious Weirdness

2001-06-19 Thread Jim Newman
Agreed, _Oracle_ users BSIDBA and OPS$BSIDBA are not the same (spelled and pronounced differently :>) , even though the _UNIX_ user BSIDBA would run as OPS$BSIDBA. Can you select count(*) from BSIDBA.FA_IDNT? If so, you could try creating a synonym FA_IDNT for BSIDBA.FA_IDNT. Jim -Origi

Re: NT Script

2001-06-18 Thread Jim Walski
l off; 2) In your script have two commands: sqlplus user/password start rename.sql call rename_export.bat HTH, Jim -Original Message- To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:56 AM >Hello all, > I know, I know, NT. A

Re: Space Manager vs. Live ReOrg vs TS ReOrg

2001-06-15 Thread Jim Hawkins
rchive logs for transactions posted against the table being reorg'd is in SharePlex. All three are separately sold products. Hope that helps. Jim > Sun Sparc Solaris 2.6/8 > Oracle DB 8.0.6, 8.0.5 > Oracle Apps 11.0.3 > > My client and I are currently planning on re-orging some

RE: Digestive

2001-06-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
Together we have 2 square feet. I smell corporate take-over! Jim Jim Hawkins Owner(1 Square Foot) Laphroaig Distillery Isle of Islay, Scotland > I own 1 square foot as well, got my certificate at home to prove it. Hmmm > nice. > > - Mike. > > -Original Message- &g

Re: Digestive

2001-06-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
in the DBA movie series - the same way big-time movie directors always stick with the same actors (Tarentino comes to mind). Jim > well, I have to agree with Ross, I do not like peaty Scotch (and Laphroaig > was the first single malt I ever tried -- it almost stopped me completely) >

RE: Digestive

2001-06-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
Laphroiagies stick together. Jim > Damn! You took the bullet that was meant for Jared. > > Drats, Foiled Again! > > > > -Original Message- > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 10:55 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Ross,

RE: Digestive

2001-06-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
Maybe idiot was the wrong word, because I do love Laphroaig. I meant that I was kind of childish, like when they used to send in proof-of-purchases for secret decoder rings back in the '50's. Jim > I don't know if that makes you an idiot, unless you hate the Scottish and

Re: Digestive

2001-06-13 Thread Jim Hawkins
Ross, As part owner of the Laphroaig distillery (see previous post for details), I am highly offended by your description of my product ;) Jim Hawkins Owner(1 Square Foot) Laphroaig Distillery Isle of Islay, Scotland > > Them's fighten' words friend! > > Jared >

Re: OT - Wrap-up of 'Serious Question (believe it or not)...'

2001-06-08 Thread Jim Hawkins
Always glad to spread some semi-on-topic humor on Fridays. It helps me out of the daily drone mode... By Monday, I'll be back to my serious, helpful, wannabe-guru self! Cheers, everyoneand another round of virtual Guiness on me! Jim > > Oh god Jim, this is the best laugh I

RE: OT - Wrap-up of 'Serious Question (believe it or not)...'

2001-06-08 Thread Jim Hawkins
ds > || under age 4), so > || I've decided to follow the other camp's suggestion. That's > || right, we're > || going straight to the big screen. Join me in next year's > || Cannes Festival in > || southern France (yeah, they'll love an invasion of

RE: OT - Wrap-up of 'Serious Question (believe it or not)...'

2001-06-08 Thread Jim Hawkins
ed me from his yacht and really wants to add another character: Bill Gates as The Extortionist. I'm now taking bids on who gets to ax this guy in the movie... Jim > How about the films theme song? > > I vote for "Database Writer" : sung to the tune the Beatle

RE: OT - Wrap-up of 'Serious Question (believe it or not)...'

2001-06-08 Thread Jim Hawkins
That's perfect! Bartender...another Guiness for Lee, please. > No doubt 8192 Century Blox > > Lee > > > >Virtual Guiness Stout to all on the list, compliments of my new film > >company. > > Jim > > -- > Jim Hawkins > Lead SAPR/3 Oracle

OT - Wrap-up of "Serious Question (believe it or not)..."

2001-06-08 Thread Jim Hawkins
uot;Hidden Parameter, Crouching Developer - or How I Learned to Love the Larry" directed by Jim Hawkins. Starring (not in order of importance): *Larry Ellison as God *Bill "Shrek" Thater as The Enforcer (a gentle assassin with a compassionate heart) *Ross Mohan as Hannibal (spee

Serious Question (believe it or not)...

2001-06-06 Thread Jim Hawkins
do this. Jim Jim Hawkins Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. 600 Pearl Drive St. Louis, MO 633376 9636) 474-7832 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jim Hawkins INET

RE: What stands for i in Oracle 8i

2001-06-06 Thread Jim Hawkins
hed some light? > > Thanks, > > Muths > > "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path > and leave a trail." > > -- Jim Hawkins Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. 600 Pearl Drive

RE: OT RE: SUMMARY: Thanks everyone - tru64

2001-06-06 Thread Jim Hawkins
That's funny, 'cause if you ask the developers, I'm the stupid "dunkey" (Eddie Murphy's donkey character). Is that why they keep saying I'm an "ass"? Jim > Actually I'm torn... I REALLY want to be the wicked witch.

RE: OT RE: SUMMARY: Thanks everyone - tru64

2001-06-06 Thread Jim Hawkins
I don't really care who's what, as long as I can still play Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" to it. But since we're lobbying for parts, I guess I'll audition for the Tin Man due to his lack of heart ;) Jim -- Jim Hawkins Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Dat

Re: How to prevent oracle from committing a transaction?

2001-06-05 Thread Jim Hawkins
Keep in mind that if at any point you issue any DDL command, a commit is automatically performed. For example, if you open a SQL*Plus session, insert a few records, then do an "alter table ...", those records will be committed. Just a thought... Jim -- Jim Hawkins Lead SAP

Re: Bumoer Stickers [RE: Rebuilding indexes]

2001-06-01 Thread Jim Hawkins
My bumper sticker: "If you make it idiot-proof, they will build a better idiot." (Note: can be paraphrased with the word "developer") Jim > > >It got me thinking that it would be fun to have some bumper > stickers made up for > >m

Re: data files - How big?

2001-06-01 Thread Jim Hawkins
with files over 2GB. Our EDM tape server cannot backup files larger than 2GB. Jim -- Jim Hawkins Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. 600 Pearl Drive St. Louis, MO 633376 9636) 474-7832 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) > > A general ru

Re: HELP! / RE: OT: Archiving not possible with SQL Server?

2001-06-01 Thread Jim Hawkins
t; 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). > > -- Jim Hawkins Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator MEMC Electron

RE: Your views on Quest - Shareplex

2001-05-30 Thread Jim Hawkins
I verified this today actually. I had a conference call with Quest regarding SharePlex, and asked specifically about the chained rows. They said there is a "reorganization" step on the target database, so chained rows are not a problem. Jim Jim Hawkins Lead SAPR/3 Oracl

RE: Performance tuning

2001-05-30 Thread Jim Hawkins
Sorry - that's what I meant. No archive log generation. NOT no redo log generation. Thanks for pointing that out. Is it Friday yet? Jim > Why putting DB in noarchivelog will avoid redo generation? There will be no > archiving, but redo will continue to be generated. >

Re: Performance tuning

2001-05-30 Thread Jim Hawkins
Azhar, Just two thoughts off the top of my head to improve loading of records: 1. Put database in noarchivelog mode to avoid redo generation (if possible). 2. Drop all indexes on target tables (if possible), then load data, then recreate all indexes on target tables. Jim Jim Hawkins Lead

Re:Your views on Quest - Shareplex

2001-05-29 Thread Jim Hawkins
Rachel, Sorry for the confusion - I meant that my sales rep got Eyal to reply to this, and then sent me the informative email. I did not, however, know that I was getting it from the VP for Technology! I guess I should have been really impressed with my sales reps leg-work! Jim >

Re:Your views on Quest - Shareplex

2001-05-29 Thread Jim Hawkins
Jared, That's a really good question! I don't know the answer... Sorry, Jim > On Tuesday 29 May 2001 12:01, Jim Hawkins wrote: > > From note on MetaLink: > > > > >1) There is not sufficient information in the logs to logically > >replicate

Re:Your views on Quest - Shareplex

2001-05-29 Thread Jim Hawkins
Jared, That's a really good question! I don't know the answer... Sorry, Jim > On Tuesday 29 May 2001 12:01, Jim Hawkins wrote: > > From note on MetaLink: > > > > >1) There is not sufficient information in the logs to logically > >replicate

Re:Your views on Quest - Shareplex

2001-05-29 Thread Jim Hawkins
p. I thought all would be interested in the reply. It is a in-line reply to an Oracle MetaLink document. Jim Hawkins Lead SAPR/3 Oracle Database Administrator MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. 600 Pearl Drive St. Louis, MO 633376 9636) 474-7832 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: My bad

2001-05-25 Thread Jim Hawkins
I call for your immediate removal from this list. We do not tolerate mistakes. Goodbye - you are the weakest link! Just kidding...welcome. Jim > I didn't mean to reply-all. That's my bad. > > Chuck Speaks, MCSE > Database Administrator > Lithonia Lighting >

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