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- From: dtb@otto (David Bath)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re Oracle FAQ other than DBA, REPOST
- Message-ID: <dtb.728018308@otto>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 03:18:28 GMT
- Organization: RMIT Computer Centre
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- Hi Folks,
- REPOST
- I have seen a DBA FAQ here and am wondering if there are others
- (i.e. non DBA) in existence or being developed.
-
- If not, I am willing to help develop some areas. I have been
- playing with Oracle, mainly on UNIX, but also under VMS, MS-DOS,
- Primos and GCOS since version 4.1.13 (albeit with occasional
- time out on Ingres), so I believe I am qualified. My particular
- interests are in using Oracle with UNIX and with Pro*C.
-
- Ok, so I am wanting to hear from those of you regarding
- 1. Should there be 1 FAQ or a number ?
- plus, forms, menu, etc
- 2. Which product versions should be covered ?
- 3. What you think categories should be
- 4. Questions (and possibly answers)
- 5. Offers to help.
- 6. Tips or code you think are useful even if they do
- not qualify as an FAQ.
-
- It would be handy to have some idea of the platforms and products
- you are using at your site, reviews of third party products, etc.
- Not only would this be useful for planning the contents of the
- FAQ, but for me to prepare some code I intend to release on the
- net. (Unfortunately, a lot of the code I write is owned by the
- company I work for, I am sure you will understand. Nevertheless
- they agree that some things can be released.) With some idea of
- the audience, I will be able to better judge how much effort I
- should put into making the code portable.
-
- I would also like to get some response as to the need for the
- following utilities so I can tidy them up in an appropriate order.
- (These are all UNIX specific I am afraid)
-
- 1. Sqlplus automatically detects whether it is attached
- to a terminal or not and sets pause appropriately.
- Pagesize and linesize are set according to the terminal.
- These and other settings can be overriden by environment
- variables or a ${HOME}/.sqlplusrc file.
-
- 2. Utility to assign default Oracle SIDs based on user id
- and or group.
-
- 3. Ability to run a "getenv" inside sqlplus to create
- an sqlplus variable.
- e.g. SQL> start $ORACLE_HOME/local/plus/getenv HOME
- SQL> select * from directories
- 2> where dirname='&&HOME';
-
- In deference to the excellent DBA FAQ, I believe that should remain
- in the current capable hands.
-
- While any comments by people working for Oracle are welcome, I do
- not think it appropriate for the FAQs to be co-ordinated by them.
- I believe that the FAQs should express independent thought without
- fear or favor.
-
- I apologize in advance for the lack of speed in replies to you. As I
- spend a fair bit of time as a roving consultant or teaching, I can be
- offline for a week or two. For this reason also, mail me rather than
- post back to the newsgroup.
-
- Regards,
- David
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- David T. Bath | Email:dtb@otto.bf.rmit.oz.au (131.170.40.10)
- Senior Tech Consultant | Phone: +61 3 347-7511 TZ=AEST-10AEDST-11
- Global Technology Group | 179 Grattan St, Carlton, Vic, 3153, AUSTRALIA
- "Qvid, me anxiovs?"
-