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  • RE: Multiple databases in ORACLE - How?

    dmw (8/12/2009)


    So, if I want to 'create another schema' for a user, I must generate a pseudo user/schema and then grant access to my original user.

    The beauty of it is...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Multiple databases in ORACLE - How?

    I'm in agreement but I have a problem with statement below...

    doug.williams (8/11/2009)


    In Oracle all Schemas for the DB Instance are held in the a single logical file. Logical because the...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Data needs to be transfered from SQL Server 2005 to Oracle 10g

    Is it a one time task or a recurrent one?

    How many rows?

    Either way, a SSIS package woud do the trick.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Checking for Truncate rights

    Clive Chinery (8/7/2009)


    Thank you. I will just document that the ALTER permission is required.

    This is not what Paul said, read again.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Losing my primary keys!

    ... always the indian, never the arrow 😉

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Is CHECK constraint same as TRIGGER?

    Just for documentation purposes and to clarify the missleading title that reads "Is CHECK constraint same as TRIGGER?" ... no, check constraint and triggers are not the same.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Endpoints

    Check sys.server_permissions system catalog view.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Determine Row Size on a Table

    fjmorales (8/6/2009)


    The size of a row. I need this info to forecast the amount of space that certain table will occupied after X amount data inserts.

    For real world capacity...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Need to lockdown access to sql server through EM and Query Analyser

    Nikki (8/6/2009)


    I want to prevent them from accessing database information through sql management studio and query analyser.

    Wrong. Problem is not the tool, problem is sloppy security.

    No reason for an "user"...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Can we restore a database from SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition to Standard Edition?

    madhu (8/6/2009)


    Is this possible?

    Yes. We have done a whole bunch of those.

    Just pray developers have not used EE exclusive features and, please remember to script/apply logins, jobs, etc.

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Separating databases that share common data -- how???

    Size?

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Need help to move 99 lacs records

    During a maintenance window I would...

    1- Set database to simple recovery model

    2- Load table as SELECT INTO

    3- Set database back to original recovery model

    4- Take a backup

    Another alternative would be...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Oracle PL SQL UPDATE optimization

    This is not an optimization issue.

    Inline view a.k.a. subquery is returning multiple values, update statement cannot update a single row with multiple values then it fails.

    For update statement to succeed...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Expanding column length on very large table

    david.tyler (8/5/2009)


    Paul - Yes to your question. The field in question is populated but is a NULLABLE field and it does sit in the middle of the row.

    FYI - I...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.
  • RE: Expanding column length on very large table

    michael vessey (8/5/2009)alter table x alter column y varchar(2)

    i tested this against 32 million rows and it performed in 1 second

    Quick question... was column "Y" a populated char(1) datatype column...

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    Pablo (Paul) Berzukov

    Author of Understanding Database Administration available at Amazon and other bookstores.

    Disclaimer: Advice is provided to the best of my knowledge but no implicit or explicit warranties are provided. Since the advisor explicitly encourages testing any and all suggestions on a test non-production environment advisor should not held liable or responsible for any actions taken based on the given advice.

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