Re: shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-06 Thread Richard Foote
- Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:34 AM You know, from a logistics perspective I'm interested in something here that maybe those that use SharePlex can cast some light on. The only Oracle supported

RE: shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-06 Thread Nelson, Allan
The semi official shtick from Quest is that Oracle changes the log file format rarely because the change ripples through much of the rest of the server code. Log file format affects archiving and recovery at a pretty basic level. As a financials shop, I don't worry too much about keeping up with

shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-05 Thread elain he
Hi, We are evaluating using either Oracle logical standby or Quest Shareplex replication for reporting purposes. It appears that there are quite a few datatypes not supported by Logical standby. Anyone knows what datatypes are not supported by shareplex replication? Tried looking up at quest

RE: shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-05 Thread Hallas, John, Tech Dev
Please bear in mind that there is one thing in a datatype being supported and another in all functions and features of Shareplex being usable when that datatype is involved. I am thinking about datatype long specifically. We have been replicating a 8i database (tru64) to a 9i one (sun)using

RE: shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-05 Thread Nelson, Allan
We are working on a SharePlex project here although we are still in test/pilot phases. We are in an apps 11i environment with an 8.1.7.4 database. So far, we have found that index organized tables are not supported. In addition, in financials, there is a table named hz_locations that has a UDT

Re: shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-05 Thread Paul Baumgartel
This isn't a direct answer to your question, but make sure you test logical standby thoroughly--I had to abandon the idea of using it due to serious bugs in the apply process, and due to seriously poor performance of the apply process. --- elain he [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, We are

RE: shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-05 Thread Tim Onions
That goes for Shareplex too (sorry to state the obvious). I've been seriously bitten in recent weeks by problems with their stuff too. _ Tim Onions Head of Oracle Development Speech Machines (A MedQuist Company) ...the speech-to-data Application Service Provider

RE: shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-05 Thread Pete Sharman
You know, from a logistics perspective I'm interested in something here that maybe those that use SharePlex can cast some light on. The only Oracle supported mechanism for mining the redo logs is LogMiner, yes? Now, given that we can change the format of the redo logs from release to release

RE: shareplex: datatype unsupported

2003-11-05 Thread elain he
recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: shareplex: datatype unsupported Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:34:25 -0800 You know, from a logistics perspective I'm interested in something here that maybe those that use SharePlex can cast some light on. The only Oracle supported mechanism