RE: OFA myths was Re: BAARF

2003-09-30 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Personally I never use DBCA. The manual installation scripts that I've carried over from my 8.0 days for Windows and HP-UX still work (with minor modifications) for 9.2. Well, I lie. When I first install a new Oracle version I use DBCA to create a database just to see what some of the new options

RE: OFA myths was Re: BAARF

2003-09-30 Thread Mercadante, Thomas F
and the first thing that I do is to delete the INDX tablespace!!! As well as dropping the ORD* users, SCOTT, Tim, Tammy-Fae, Jim Bob and all the other crappy stuff that auytomatically gets installed. I try and get it back to the original 8.0 install!!! Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professiona

RE: OFA myths was Re: BAARF

2003-09-30 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
> -Original Message- > Paul Baumgartel > > Loney didn't write OFA, and methinks he was taking liberties with it. Perhaps. However I notice that DBCA in Oracle 9.2 creates a tablespace called INDX. http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/html/A97297_01/appg_ofa.htm#sthref807 Oracle9i Adminis

RE: OFA myths was Re: BAARF

2003-09-30 Thread Paul Baumgartel
Loney didn't write OFA, and methinks he was taking liberties with it. --- Jacques Kilchoer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not commenting on the accuracy of the information, but Kevin Loney, > in the Oracle8 DBA Handbook (1998), says the following (Chapter 3 > Logical Database Layouts), in a section

RE: OFA myths was Re: BAARF

2003-09-29 Thread Cary Millsap
Oh man... now I see the problem. Well, IMHO, Kevin's advice is the right advice for the wrong reasons. It's not the OFA. Thanks, Jacques, for pointing that out. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com Upcoming events: - Performance Diagnosis 101: 10/28 Phoenix, 11/19 Sydney

RE: OFA myths was Re: BAARF

2003-09-29 Thread Jacques Kilchoer
Not commenting on the accuracy of the information, but Kevin Loney, in the Oracle8 DBA Handbook (1998), says the following (Chapter 3 Logical Database Layouts), in a section entitled "The Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA)" "Index segments should not be stored in the same tablespace as their ass

RE: OFA myths was Re: BAARF

2003-09-26 Thread Cary Millsap
Steve, Thank you. I am grateful that someone else shrugs too. I still get a lot of feedback about the OFA. Almost every conference I go to, someone forgives me for writing the OFA Standard. And I leave not knowing for sure where things went wrong. A few weeks ago, one of the Oracle-L threads wen