CPU: Pentium
OS:    RedHat 9
DB Version: 9.2.0.1.0 (no patch)
I searched the web and could find nothing conclusive as to the solution.

It appears that ASM performs functions that a RAID normally performs.
So if you have 6 disks in a shared network storage device, should one
configure this is as 6 different drives and let ASM handle the
mirroring, etc. or set up a RAID to create one highly available disk

  I'm new with Oracle queues, so I have a question. Is it possible to
write a "typed" message? I need to write a message in queue and say:
"this message has type X" and after read only messages of that type X.
Could I make this operation?

I have following 2 Oracle Queries:
Query1:Select col1, col2 from table1 where col1 = :value1 order by col2
Query2:Select col1, col2 from table1 where col1 = :value2 order by col2
Here are some facts:

Can one give more than one hint in an select-statement?
Greetings
Bjørn

I have a table in oracle with information similar to this:
city code
A     XX
B     SS

I wonder if i can use something like
SELECT DECODE(a>b,0,1) FROM dual;
to check if a is greater then b? Can someone help me please?
Thank you!

I amtrying to select rows that fit a certain time period.
My table:
BCV_START    DATE
COL1         VARCAHR2

I am getting 0ra-01002 error when I will run the following query.
Could you please tell me how I can reolve this issue.
Thanks in advance,
S

I am looking for an oracle function that can strip all html tags from
data in a CLOB column.  I have tried modifying str_html, which i found
thru another posting and ask tom, but am having trouble getting it to
work with a CLOB.  Has anyone already modified this to work with a CLOB?

A dumb, dumb question.  I have Oracle JDeveloper Version 9.0.5.0.0 Preview
and instance of Oracle 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 .  All this
is running on a single XP minicomputer.  Problem:  I cannot get JDeveloper
to connect to the Oracle DB.  I went through all the ...

Oracle10g 10.1.0.3.0 (64 bit)
AIX 5.3L ML01 (64 bit)
The following jobs are created by default in 10g - during db creation
GATHER_STATS_JOB

Hello Oracle Gurus,
I came across a dabase recovery problem today (18th July-05) while
doing some backup / recovery testing in test environment. The scenario
is being explained in detail as below:

Does anyone know how a CLOB is stored in an XML doc that is created
from a query using the XDK?
Most XML docs show <column_name>(CLOB)</column_name>
Can the clob be viewed? is there a corresponding hidden file that

I am looking for a function, or some other way to split my variable
type varchar. The way i would like to do it is to , cut the first word
from the variable, place it in the database, along with the id of that
word. Then move to the next word. Im using PL?SQL. Here is what i have