I am just in the process of purchasing a new server for our Oracle 8
database. Our current server uses RAID 5. I want to move away from RAID
5 for performance reasons. Does anyone have any configuration
suggestions for 10 72gb 15k rpm scsi drives not using RAID 5.

I started iSqlplus for 10g aix fine. However, when i try to login in
using http://<hostname>:5560/isqlplus, once I entered userid and
password and click OK, there is nothing happen. What could go wrong?
Is iSqlplus the only way to go for 10g. I just want to create a simple

Hola , tengo un problema con el Oracle 9i, lo instalo en 2003 server y los
servicios arrancan bien, pero la base de datos no la inicia, hay que hacerlo
a mano, ¿ alguien sabe porque me puede ocurrir esto ?, gracias

Why does this?
declare
 var       XMLType;
 var2        XMLType;

Scenario 1:
I am going to have a system where approx. 1000's of one line updates
per second or one line selects per second can be expected on the oracle
database software.

  Strange issue. When logging into a local EM session can see a server
and tables no problemo, however when logging into the management
server, sysman, xxxx after discovering the node in question we do not
see the database or listener. Any ideas ?

I have a problem with a table whereby everytime a record is created
another is created showing the opposite of this:
e.g.
Rel_Id (PK)|Source_Id|To_Id|Start_Date|End Date

Hello and thanks in advance for any help you can give.
I am finally joining the world of RMAN and need some help determining
the best way to handle the archive logs.
The question is at the end, so please keep reading.

Is it good to leave all numeric columns as NUMBER instead of specifying a
precision, say, NUMBER(6,2).
What are the pros and cons of the two approaches?  At least, it seems that
using NUMBER for everything simplified code modification in case we need to

What are the repercussions of declaring all strings varchar2(255) even
if many will have lengths <=20 or <=30 (but none >255)?
Is there any value declaring some to be varchar2(20) or varchar2(30)
rather than just making them all varchar2(255)?

I have a backup going to disk.  After a new backup is created the previous
backup is sent to tape;
BACKUP DEVICE TYPE sbt BACKUPSET COMPLETED BEFORE 'SYSDATE-1' DELETE INPUT;
All of this is ok.  But how would is get my database back to the current

I have a very small question  regarding Xmlelement function , can the
XMLelement tag name can be generated dynamically (base on CASE
expression / decode).
I am using the new XSQL capabilities in oracle 9i and i failed to do it

HELP,
I need an Oracle HR Functional Administrator in MIAMI, FLORIDA.
I'm in DESPERATE need of this person!!!
Drew Lauter

How is this
select * from coneventnp where chcontainer like 'OLSU8888888'
Uses the index on the chcontainer column, but
select * from coneventnp where chcontainer = 'OLSU8888888'

Is there a way to "tell" Oracle not to sort when it's doing GROUP BY? I
think I saw something like ... group by nosort somewhere.
Eugene