As above,
basically what i am trying to do is attach output files to a shceduled
program using the DBMS_SCHEDULER package. Within the program being
executed i want to output log file and output file information,

 Last week I installed the 9i Database on my home computer running XP
Pro. Now, whenever I boot up, it takes 5 minutes before the desktop
responds properly to anything. I'll click on Start, and have to wait 20
seconds before the Start menu appears. In all other ways, the database

I'd like to know if there was a possibility to migrate a .DMP file to a
plain/text file containing the SQL commands (CREATE TABLE, INSERT) with the
EXP tool.
What are the requirement ? do we need an online database or not to do this ?

Platform: Oracle 9iR2 on Sun Solaris 9 with Oracle HTTP Server and
mod_plsql
We have made extensive use of the PL/SQL web toolkit (htp etc packages).
Sometimes submitting a form may result in an update that takes some

Please give some opinion on this:
Wich is the best approach for managing users in a typical three-tier
web application, using jdbc:
A) The database has one or two users with the proper grants and

I read recently that if a before-image was made before an interruption
in database processing, you use the before-image dump & simply begin
processing again from just before the last transaction.  Any
checkpoints are irrelevant.

A friend of mine is trying to get a job as a Linux Sysadmin in a
certain company. This company produces document management software.
They have their own "database" maintained by a "consultant" who seems
to have the company bent over a barrel with their trousers around

Hi folks, me again.
I have taken on board what everyone suggested in my post last week and
I really appreciate it.
However, and there is always a however - I have been told by my