They can do the same (both compiled to the same intermediate format). There are slight ide-features differences between both.

However most of our external programmers use C#

Have a look at

You will probably need various all_... or dba... views (all_constraints, all_indexes, ...).

For full Oracle DDL you'll need a tool that can use DBMS_METADATA. (only used Toad dba-module sofar)

Have a look at FAQ oracle backp.

Also read Oracle concepts documentation from the oraclewebsite.

Needs rman:

DBID of your database

Backup including controlfile & spfile

Backup of archivelogfiles

Extra "backup": consistent expdmp (not as sysdba)

Somewhere...

I'm not an expert in Active Directory. Better info is available elsewhere.

Depends on expected downtime. PDC has the largest impact

Check this link about when to seize the roles

More of it,...

Only when it is worked out and tested in detail.

From what I've read you have to be careful when changing/clearing keys (remnants in transactionlog?)

had to use a big file created by my own instead of sqlio creating it.

I find gsquared example confusing. Usually ; is end of sqlstatement. With all those ; where is the beginning and end?

Usually pen and paper unless the flow of information is controllable (reading a book). Especially leaving gaps to draw arrows to related items. Converted in spare time since the paper...

It's a small comfort humankind is quite inventive to work around physical issues (hydraulic,robot aid,...). Fun thing about support here it that we have to move from our desk periodically.

In...

Personally the road with multiple instances comes close to ms sql server databases. With schema's and tablespaces you're stuck when you need to recover more of them (as you reset...

Not sure if following links helps as they are directed to sqlplus regarding unicode

Interesting link on Oracle unicode[/url]

SQL Snippets: unicode - unicode and SQL*Plus (Windows)

Difficult topic as modern tapedrives can take a lot of feed.

Have a look at the recent article regarding sql server jobs[/url]

Why in sharepoint and not a regular fileserver?