Re: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

- Original Message - > I don't need to test my vulnerabilities. I know my vulnerabilities are > working well. Hehehe! As we'd say in my local newsgroup: "Check yuor settings!" > > I second that https://grc.com website. It is a great resource for > > testing your vulnerabilities! Too

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

I don't need to test my vulnerabilities. I know my vulnerabilities are working well. On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 11:09, Gene Sais wrote: > I second that https://grc.com website. It is a great resource for > testing your vulnerabilities! > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/30/03 06:54PM >>> > Whatever you use

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

I second that https://grc.com website.  It is a great resource for testing your vulnerabilities!>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/30/03 06:54PM >>>Whatever you use go to https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 and http://grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm for testing your firewall product and make sure that the basic

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

Whatever you use go to https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 and http://grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm for testing your firewall product and make sure that the basic stuff is configured correctly. Also want to check out the URL http://grc.com/lt/scoreboard.htm about various PC firewall products "leaking"

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

-- snip If you're feeling frisky, consider replacing the router/firewall with a PC (with 2 nics) running BSD or Linux. You can also find distros tweaked to act as a firewall/router - that's what I've done. -- snip The Linux distro I used was www.smoothwall.com (which i

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

; To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation > > > KENNETH JANUSZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, September > 29, 2003 9:05 > AM said; > > > > I have a Dell 8200 with XP Prof. SP1. > > > I would like recomme

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

I agree I have a SMC 8 port broadband router that has a web based firewall admin module. It's worked excellent for over 2 years and is fully configurable. I would look for any over the counter router that included a web based firewall. Probably around $75 SMC lynksys... -Original Message--

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

I second this recommendation. CNET testing showed that ZoneAlarm (even the free version; there's also ZoneAlarm Pro) did a better job of blocking break-in and hack attempts than most of the commercial products. --- "Grabowy, Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try Zonealarm. It's free. > > I

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

f the line... Anyone been down this particular topic? peter edinburgh > -Original Message- > From: Brian Dunbar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:05 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommenda

Re: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

My PC is stand alone with dial-up phone line. Ken - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 12:04 PM > KENNETH JANUSZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, September 29, 2003 9:05 > AM said; > > > > I have a Dell

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

KENNETH JANUSZ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Monday, September 29, 2003 9:05 AM said; > I have a Dell 8200 with XP Prof. SP1. > I would like recommendations as to a good firewall for this machine. XP has a firewall but it is not the greatest. ZoneAlarm on the desktop - free version or pay to up

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

Try Zonealarm.   It's free.   I have a wireless router, which has a built in firewall. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of KENNETH JANUSZSent: Monday, September 29, 2003 10:05 AMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: Off

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

If you have access to a spare pc you're better off running OpenBSD as your firewall/router and leaving your Windoze pc behind the firewall.   HTH,   Mark Moynahan -Original Message- I have a Dell 8200 with XP Prof. SP1.   I would like recommendations as to a good firew

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

list ORACLE-LSubject: RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation I use Mcafee online Virus scanner and firewall. Been happy for 3+ years.   Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expr

RE: Off Topic: PC Firewall Recommendation

I use Mcafee online Virus scanner and firewall. Been happy for 3+ years.   Raj Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts

Re: Off Topic - Norton Internet Security 2003 Software

Jonathan: Sounds like the same problem I'm having. I have gotten a lot of help from their help desk people, but nothing works. Still the same problems. I have one more suggestion from them to try and then I'll return the CDROM. Do you use anything on your PC's now for internet security? Thank

Re: Off Topic - Norton Internet Security 2003 Software

KJ> I have had this PC with Norton 2002 virus software on it KJ> since I bought it over a year ago. I recently decided to KJ> upgrade to Internet Security 2003 Prof. Ed. Installation KJ> has been a mess. Has anyone attempted to install this on KJ> XP Prof.? If so have you had any problems? If so, a

RE: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

I don't know about that one. There are flight simulators with combat though. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Oh wow! And Tie Fighter too?!! > -Original Message- > > Actually there is a Linux clone of MechWa

RE: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

Oh wow! And Tie Fighter too?!! > -Original Message- > > Actually there is a Linux clone of MechWarriors > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Stephen Lee INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.c

Re: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

Subject: Re: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

RE: you can take the user off windows, but... (was RE: Off Topic

recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: you can take the user off windows, but... (was RE: Off Topic > Question - Update.inf file) > > > This is an excellent point. Anybody remember when there was > (is?) a stigma associated with being an AOL user, as opposed > to using a rea

Re: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

fdisk, load linux. computers running m$ are saps, linux rulz, no virus worries here, hey wait why is root password toor, j/k. Linux Bigot KENNETH JANUSZ wrote: Yesterday I got hit with the Blaster Bug. To make a long story short I cannot apply the MS fix to my XP Prof. since I don't have th

Re: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

> well, unlike you there are now starting to be a number of linux users that > are just windows users in disguise.;-) case in point, duheveloper comes to > me with his laptop and tells me his "windows oracle doesn't work anymore". > someone had installed linux on the laptop with dual boot defaulte

Re: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

> Good point, i'm such a bigot as i used linux back when it was minix and > have been doing unix admin work for 20 years now ;) Yep, it was initially supposed to be compatible with minix, used it's file system etc... I just read Linus'es posts to minix newsgroups from archives about his small proj

Re: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

Linux (or it's tools) do have vulnerabilities as well. And more will be discovered/exploited as linux gains popularity. In my personal opinion, Linux is Windows of unix world. It doesn't mean it is a bad thing, though. And a lot of linux fans are quite dummies compared to BSD enthusiasts for examp

Re: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

Good point, i'm such a bigot as i used linux back when it was minix and have been doing unix admin work for 20 years now ;) joe Tanel Poder wrote: Linux (or it's tools) do have vulnerabilities as well. And more will be discovered/exploited as linux gains popularity. In my personal opinion, Li

RE: you can take the user off windows, but... (was RE: Off Topic

August 13, 2003 12:55 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: you can take the user off windows, but... (was RE: Off Topic > Question - Update.inf file) > > > This is an excellent point. Anybody remember when there was > (is?) a stigma associated with being a

RE: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

How could they not tell the difference? Windows runs MechWarriors; Linux doesn't. What more is there to know? > -Original Message- > someone had installed linux on the laptop with dual boot > defaulted to linux > running gnome. and he couldn't tell the difference. boot > into window

you can take the user off windows, but... (was RE: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file)

This is an excellent point. Anybody remember when there was (is?) a stigma associated with being an AOL user, as opposed to using a real ISP? AOL made things easy enough that the less adept could 'get on the internet', where they were generally reviled by the old-hands, who were more of a sele

RE: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

Check this out: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/t1032598735 HTH Mark === Mark Leith | T: +44 (0)1905 330 281 Sales & Marketing | F: +44 (0)870 127 5283 Cool Tools UK Ltd | E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===

RE: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

Actually there is a Linux clone of MechWarriors Allan -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:54 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L How could they not tell the difference? Windows runs MechWarriors; Linux doesn't. What more is there to know? > -Original M

RE: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

Hey Shrek, that could go both ways... Regarding... > ...linux users that are just windows users in disguise. And... > someone had installed linux... and he couldn't tell the difference. It depends on your perspective. The above could also be interpreted to mean, "There are a lot windoze user th

RE: Off Topic Question - Update.inf file

Joe Testa scribbled on the wall in glitter crayon: > Good point, i'm such a bigot as i used linux back when it was minix > and have been doing unix admin work for 20 years now ;) > > joe well, unlike you there are now starting to be a number of linux users that are just windows users in disguis

RE: Off-Topic (InstallShield Installation Problem)

Hi, Anything in the event log? HTH. -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 6:10 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello list, I have installed InstallShield(comes along with Delphi) in my PC. When i run it, it gives me the message : Installshield for Windows I

RE: OFF TOPIC: Jedis, etc - was Top 10....

No, no this is very relevant to a DBA. We should learn the Jedi mind tricks. "I need to denormalize this table". "No you don't want to denormalize that table". "No I don't want to denormalize this table". "You want to go back to your desk and not bother the DBA." "I want to g

RE: OFF TOPIC: Jedis, etc - was Top 10....

GRIN... That buzzing sound you just heard was me powering up!! Back off buster ;O) -Original Message- Sent: 25 February 2003 12:24 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L "And there is no such thing as an 'unofficial' religion. It's just whether people recognise it or not." Damn funny

RE: OFF TOPIC: Jedis, etc - was Top 10....

"And there is no such thing as an 'unofficial' religion. It's just whether people recognise it or not." Damn funny! I agree that there's no such thing as an "unofficial" religion but surely there is nobody (excepting the heavily medicated and chronically deluded) who truly believes that they are a

RE: OFF TOPIC: Jedis, etc - was Top 10....

Actually Peter, This came under the category of "No Religion" which had 9+ million people in it (15.5% of respondents, see below). "About sixteen per cent of the UK population stated that they had no religion. This category included agnostics, atheists, heathens and those who wrote Jedi Knight. "

Re: OFF TOPIC: Jedis, etc - was Top 10....

> Not true. This isn't a list for urban myths - if you're going to go > off-topic, you could at least do it accurately. :-) > http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=293 It would seem you have the definitive source. However, I wasn't just repeating something I heard down the pub. I was ac

RE: OFF TOPIC: Jedis, etc - was Top 10....

A little more digging: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/commentaries/ethnicity.asp# religion "At the time the Census was carried out, there was an internet campaign that encouraged people to answer the religion question "Jedi Knight". The number of people who stated Jedi was 390,0

Re: Off Topic: Where is the software industry headed?

India then China On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, KENNETH JANUSZ wrote: > Does anyone know of an article(s) that discuss the future direction of the software >industry (available on the web)? > > Thanks much, > Ken Janusz, CPIM -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ale

RE: Off Topic: Where is the software industry headed?

Kenneth - "All toward Microsoft". Proven to be a monopoly, but that seems okay, so expect continued and more widespread industry domination. ;-) On a serious note, these links may help. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5973673%255E15306,00.html

RE: Off Topic Posts

I do agree with you Jared and these SPAM emails begins fully my inbox. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 4:54 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Off Topic Posts > > Folks, > > Could we cut

Re: off topic: iostat -x in linux

> In linux, it seems difficult, I have tried linux iostat and sysstat-iostat, >non of them seems to work properly with util column in iostat report. Though no >activity on the server at all, iostat always report utilization of the partitions >100% Why? > I also searched google and fo

RE: off topic: iostat -x in linux

The best you can get on linux is sar -d. > -Original Message- > From: chao_ping [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:39 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: off topic: iostat -x in linux > > > oracledba?? > dba friends, do you know ho

Re: Off-topic (VB)

hey its very easy just put the database connection code in a module so that u can get the strconn properties in the second form also...thats it Regards, Prakash.N On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 Santosh Varma wrote : >Hello all, > >Sorry for the off-topic discussion. >But any one who knows VB can ans

Re: Off Topic Question on XP Prof.

On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 09:13:31AM -0800, KENNETH JANUSZ wrote: > Has anyone installed MS SP1 on XP Prof? > > If so, have you run into any problems? -- I did earlier this week via a v.90 modem. Took about 2.5 hours to download the files. Other than that it was uneventful. I did chose the bac

RE: Off Topic Question on XP Prof.

I did it this morning.   No problems, in fact XP seems to be running faster somehow.   I am still running out of memory and disk space though, but that's not an OS problem, it's because I have too much stuff on my machine.   Given the following, I don't know if XP SP1 is an option: http://

RE: off topic: OCP exam registration

st ORACLE-L Subject: RE: off topic: OCP exam registration Sunil Who can use this code? Employees /partner of Oracle Partner program or anybody? Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 13:38:43 -0800 T

RE: off topic: OCP exam registration

6:21 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:RE: off topic: OCP exam registration Sunil Who can use this code? Employees /partner of Oracle Partner program or anybody? Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: off topic: OCP exam registration

'OTN20' Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 12:04:46 -0800 Hi ALL! I just spoke with Prometric and they told me if I give them my OTN number they will give me discount for OCP exam. I'm the member of O

RE: off topic: OCP exam registration

Sunil Who can use this code? Employees /partner of Oracle Partner program or anybody? Regards Rafiq Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 13:38:43 -0800 Try promotion code OPP to get 30% off. Sunil Nookala Dell Computer

RE: off topic: OCP exam registration

Try promotion code OPP to get 30% off. Sunil Nookala Dell Computer corp. Austin, TX -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 3:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi ALL! I just spoke with Prometric and they told me if I give them my OTN number they will give

RE: off topic: OCP exam registration

OTN20 worked for me. Thanks, Ashoke -Original Message- Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 3:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi ALL! I just spoke with Prometric and they told me if I give them my OTN number they will give me discount for OCP exam. I'm the member of OTN ,

Re: off topic: OCP exam registration

Joining OTN is no big deal. You fill out a screen of information and register. There is no cost to you. So, go for it. Ken Janusz, CPIM - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 3:04 PM Hi ALL! I just spok

Re: off topic: OCP exam registration

I believe if you use the discount code OTN20 it gives you the discount. Mike At 9/5/2002 12:04 PM, you wrote: Hi ALL! I just spoke with Prometric and they told me if I give them my OTN number they will give me discount for OCP exam. I'm the member of OTN , but I don't have any number. Someone know

Re: off topic: OCP exam registration

Greg, I believe the number Prometric was reffering to was your CSI number that was issued when you purchased Oracle Support. Ron ROR mª¿ªm >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/05/02 04:04PM >>> Hi ALL! I just spoke with Prometric and they told me if I give them my OTN number they will give me discount for

Re: off-topic ->UNIX question

hello hey - this is a great and really comprehensive explanation. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/03/02 14:36 PM >>> Hello Processes can test the validity of PID's by signalling the PID with a ZERO signal number. To signal the process you use the kill() system call. When a zero signal number is used

Re: off-topic ->UNIX question

-- Santosh Varma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello all, > > I get a process id by calling getProcessId()..I want to know from > program whether that processId exists. > Any way to find out how ? Depends on the O/s. Simplest way is to grep the output of ps. On systems with a /proc file system (e.

Re: off-topic ->UNIX question

in the shell enter "echo $$". didn't indicate in what application. kr mr >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/03/02 13:29 PM >>> Hello all, I get a process id by calling getProcessId()..I want to know from program whether that processId exists. Any way to find out how ? Thanks and regards, Santosh --

Re: off-topic ->UNIX question

Hello Processes can test the validity of PID's by signalling the PID with a ZERO signal number. To signal the process you use the kill() system call. When a zero signal number is used error checking is done but no signal is sent so that you don't have to worry about what the process is going to

Re: Off-Topic - SQLServer2k Qs - FS Block Size & Stripe Width

Apage, Satanas, apage! :-) On Monday 02 September 2002 13:18, you wrote: > For a NEW SQLServer2k Database Setup what are the Current Best-practices > for :- > > Qs What should be the Filesystem Block-size ? > Qs What should be the Stripe Width for an OLTP/Hybrid Nature of Application > ? > > Tha

RE: Off-Topic - SQLServer2k Qs - FS Block Size & Stripe Width

Hi By "64K block size" Did you mean File system (FS) Block-size Or Stripe Width (RAID 0)? Qs On Windows is there a Concept of File system (FS) Block Size Like Unix O.S.? Qs What would be the Stripe Width (RAID 0) Advisable for OLTP/Hybrid Application? NOTE - FS Block Size Differs from Stripe Wi

Re: Off-Topic : Basic Critical O.S. Values that Trigger Problem Alert

Hi Vivek, This will indeed show the collisions on your networks. The numbers are counts since the last reboot. lo0 is the loopback device (i.e. no hardware, just using the TCP stack to talk from a machine to itself). hme0 is a 100BaseT ethernet device and looks to be your main interface. This

Re Off Topic Threads

Listers, Jesse has a point, the off topic traffic is really excessive lately. Let's move the OT stuff to Joe's off topic list, that's why it's there. Jared ( List owner ) "Jesse W. Asher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/23/2002 01:49 PM Please respond to ORACLE-L

Re: Off topic: Backup MySQL database

> Does anybody have some hints on how to back up MySQL databases? Use the mysqldump tool. -- /Nils Höglund, Naqua KB E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web:http://www.naqua.se/ Home Phone: +46 (0)18 30 09 19 Cellular Phone: +46 (0)709 91 97 65 Address:Nya Valsätrav. 26

RE: off topic: anyone form Amsterdam, Holland / other major europ

Mohammad , thanks a lot !!! Also, many thanks to all who replied. DBAndrey * 03-9254520 * 058-548133 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Tue, June 11, 2002 7:19 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L europ Although I lived in Amsterdam while ago (3 years betw

Re: off topic: anyone form Amsterdam, Holland / other major europ

Well, I live in the Netherlands and if you start working in amsterdam, make sure that: 1) you make 75K-100K euro at least 2) you get your house paid for (watch out for the tax on that) 3) you don't buy a car in amsterdam, assuming that work/home can be reached with public transport 4) you live c

RE: off topic: anyone form Amsterdam, Holland / other major europ

Scott, It will not cost to anybody provided they are window shopper. However, you are right if someone has different taste then cost might start from DFL 100 onward...I forgot to mention it in my previous email. Amsterdam is also famous for it is night life duly controlled and licenced but li

Re: off topic: anyone form Amsterdam, Holland / other major europ

Although I lived in Amsterdam while ago (3 years between 1984-1987) and last travelled in 1998 I still can reply couple of questions To have a car in Amsterdam seems to be a nightmare. Keeping a car there is luxury and not requirement as it has excellent public transport system specially i

RE: off topic: anyone form Amsterdam, Holland / other major europ

Cost of living will largely depend on how much time you spend in the Red Light District... ;-) Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 > -Original Message- > From: Andrey Bronfin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 5:13 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACL

RE: off topic: anyone form Amsterdam, Holland / other major europ

Stefan , thanks a lot ! By the way , i've been to Amsterdam a couple of tims as a tourist and found people very friendly there ! Again , many thanks for your reply ! DBAndrey * 03-9254520 * 058-548133 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sent: Tue, June 11, 2002 2:38 PM T

Re: off topic: anyone form Amsterdam, Holland / other major europ

Hi, Agree with Stefan about pushy people. To have a car in Amsterdam seems to be a nightmare. Traffic is terrible. Roads are narrow. A lot of multi-level parkings for... bicycles :-) -- Alexandre - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: T

Re: Off Topic, slightly - Crystal Reports internal format

ubject:Re: Off Topic, slightly - Crystal Reports internal format On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1) for the dbname...why not just change the SID in TNSNAMES >that the ODBC DSN is using to point to the snap-shotted(?) >instance > > I'm eliminat

Re: Off Topic, slightly - Crystal Reports internal format

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1) for the dbname...why not just change the SID in TNSNAMES >that the ODBC DSN is using to point to the snap-shotted(?) >instance > > I'm eliminating tnsnames.ora files on the desktop, so that is out. > Sorry...I haven't used onames or OID

Re: Off Topic, slightly - Crystal Reports internal format

1) for the dbname...why not just change the SID in TNSNAMES that the ODBC DSN is using to point to the snap-shotted(?) instance I'm eliminating tnsnames.ora files on the desktop, so that is out. 2) I think private synonyms would be the way to go for the table naming problem. Why did the

Re: Off Topic, slightly - Crystal Reports internal format

Jared 1) for the dbname...why not just change the SID in TNSNAMES that the ODBC DSN is using to point to the snap-shotted(?) instance 2) I think private synonyms would be the way to go for the table naming problem. Why did they not just use the same names on the snapshot sitebee

RE: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

hildren to use it and find about their friends, add/edit what they like to. Not all but most of the students enjoyed it. Aleem -Original Message- Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Tak

RE: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

Do not let the kiddo hit until you've reviewed what is typed on each line. Kudos for making the effort, although a DBA's day would probably create emotional scarring in young children... Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217 > -Original Message- > From: Dungey, Barbara [SMTP:[EM

RE: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

> Give them root access and let them have at it!! No... Just give them OEM and let them point and click to their hearts desire so they can be just as dangerous as a real JUNIOR DBA. -Original Message- Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 5:08 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 4/25

RE: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

Yeah, and create a tablespace, with datafile - then create a table in that tablespace (with PK etc.) and create an index for the PK and any other fields that would warrant an index.. -Original Message- Sent: 05 April 2002 15:18 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 4/25 [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Our office is doing 'Take your child to work' day and the plan is for an > older child to shadow me for a little while as we do some simple Oracle dba > or development work. > > I'd really like to make this meaningful by having the child do a task that's > simpler (tha

RE: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

Give them root access and let them have at it!! Remember, it's a learning experience. Actually I have done this with my kids and I had then go on a tour with someone that knows that manufacturing facility, and then had them spend time in order entry, and the some time in the distribution cent

RE: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

What about blocking locks use utllockt to show a "graphical" output of the waiters building up And you get to show the fun of alter system kill session to get rid of the blockers ! And get a demo of spotlight and show how much data goes back and forth or in the database for 2 different queries th

Re: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

What about some simple SQL statements? That might be fun. Especially if you create a table "family" and enter in names, birthdates, etc. --JoJo - Original Message - To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 6:13 PM Our office is do

Re: Off topic: Need ideas for 'Take your child to work' day 4/25

"Point-and-Click" GUI tools (like OEM) would be attractive but dangerous. How about showing them OEM on a Test Server (and ensure that OEM CANNOT connect to any other database) ? Show them the Tablespace Layout and draw an analogy with their cupboards/shelves at home. Show them the Instance St

RE: Off topic - Oracle 9i on W2k - AMD Athlon XP or Intel Celeron

Thanks for all whoe replied, it helped me a lot. Tamas -Original Message- Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 1:03 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Celeron upgrade guide: http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/01q4/011005/index.html If you surf around that site, you should find purchas

Re: Off topic - Oracle 9i on W2k - AMD Athlon XP or Intel Celeron

upgrade guide: http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/01q4/011005/index.html If you surf around that site, you should find purchasing comparisons. The biggest stupidity with the P4 is the "crippled" LU2 cache. AMD came up with an achitecture that has a big LU2 cache, which in most (not all) cases

RE: Off topic - Oracle 9i on W2k - AMD Athlon XP or Intel Celeron

Tamas The problem with the install is easily fixed.. Copy the install CD images to your hard drive, and replace each instance of symcjit.dll (I think there are around 3) with this one: http://www.cool-tools.co.uk/Products/Downloads/symcjit.dll I don't know where you got your info about the P4 B

RE: Off topic - Oracle 9i on W2k - AMD Athlon XP or Intel Celeron

Mark, thanks for your comments. Actually I do Forms developement on the maschine and some surfing and email handling. I do no shoot out gaming or video editing :-). I did not look at P4 because it had some problems with Ora9i installs and every body kept saying that AMD is much cheeper. Now I ch

RE: Off topic - Oracle 9i on W2k - AMD Athlon XP or Intel Celeron

Tamas, I suppose this also depends on what else you use your home machine for? I run 9i on a P4 1.3GHz, and it screams (apart from the fragmented shared pool that I keep on getting - that I need to sort out when I get the time , tips anyone? ;P). Why not put P4 in to the equation? I know it had

RE: Off Topic: PGP

Tell your vendor it is none of their darn business what you use. :) Would they object to you using Apache? or Linux? open source software should not have any stigma associated with it. Ask them for specific reasons why they don't like it. gpg works fine. BTW, A single user license of PGP s

RE: Off Topic: PGP

I think Network Associates has dropped PGP development and will provide support only now. Rich -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:33 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Ok, I did a little more research and I still need help. Our vendor would prefer we not us

Re: Off Topic: PGP

Hi Beth, Contrary to popular belief, open source software is usually considered _much_ more secure than the non-freeware, especially when it comes to encryption. Most of the most secure encryption algorithms are free and public, thus their strength derives from mathematical proofs and not from ob

RE: Off Topic: PGP

Have you tried such sites as http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html which says lets you download pgp for non-commercial uses. -Original Message- Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:33 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Ok, I did a little more research and I still need help. Our

Re: Off Topic: PGP

Title: Off Topic: PGP   http://www.pgpi.org/     - Original Message - From: Seefelt, Beth To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 17:03 Subject: Off Topic: PGP Does anyone know of any good PGP implementations for WinNt or Openvms? 

Re: Off Topic: PGP

Hello, Use GPG... is a pgp clone but GNU software so no crummy licenses. www.gnupg.org. Paul --- www.pythian.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 877-PYTHIAN Smarter than adding another team member, Pythian has new services for supplementing DBAs: get our help with monitoring, 24x7 on-call, daily verifica

RE: Off Topic: PGP

NT freeware can be found at: http://web.mit.edu/network/pgp.html But be warned--I've heard some horror stories about the NT install. I've never had problems myself, but know of cases where machines have been rendered inoperable... HTH, -Roy Roy Pardee Programmer/Analyst SWFPAC Lockheed Marti

RE: Off Topic - Oracle Hungry for Money

Speaking of hungry for money, I have an interesting anecdote about our Oracle contract negotiations this year. Last year Oracle tried to make us switch from per user to server based licensing for Oracle Express. It was going to double our maintenance cost, plus they tried to tack on a $10K fee f

Re: - OFF TOPIC - Corporate Data Model

--- "Rusnak, George A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > The organization I work for has several stovepipe applications. Huh? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com -- Please see the off

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