Guys ,
I am on , what I think is a tough job...I have to give a facility or a
way to each user to have a table or more than one table converted to a
csv (comma seperated value) format.

I've have a complex 50 user Paradox app.  Paradox is pretty much a dead
product, so after 11 years it's time to upgrade to Oracle with a web
based client.
I'm new to Oracle, new to web client apps- if given a choice between

I upgraded my 9.2.0.5 DB to 10.1.0.4.0 database running on Solaris 9.
I'm trying to setup OEM DB control.
I've consulted google, metalink, and the oracle docs.
I dont see a clear cut recipe to install it from scratch

I want to synchronize a master database with content of 3 other databases.In
other word,Changed data should take effect in master database in online
manner.All databases are in a LAN or high speed DSL.
I first decided to do this using some triggers on 3 databases tables with

I am using using Oracle 9.2.0.6 on HP UNIX 11i. I will be using data
guard
And setting up a primary database and a standby database.  I plan to do
backup of database using standby database to reduce load on primary

I have oracle 8i installed on WindowsXp and
running one instance with 4 Oracle Database.
Problem
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I installed Toad some time ago and haven't used it since then, now I
tried to execute it but it doesn't start.
When I double click on the Toad icon a windows appears for a very short
time (just a flash on the screen) and then nothing happens.

if I have this
my_table
col1     number
col2     date

i am exploring with oracle 10g and i changed something in the configuration
of a database that made it offline and i couldn't reconnect to it. I copied
the files in oradata of that database into another location as backup. The
files i copied are the controlfile, onlinelog and the ...

Was experimenting this morning and have found something puzzling.
XP Pro SP2, Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 (don't ask - broadband's a comin!).
Log in as scott/tiger - run select count(*) from all_tables, and get
the result 35. So, I think to myself that there's the scott schema,

Oracle database 8.1.7, 9i
We have to use dbms_obfuscation_toolkit to keep encrypted data in the
database. The key is stored outside the database.
How can we protect the encryption key from the DBA? We will be using

I want to grab all rows from a table that have a DATE value within the
last 30 days. (thus it can span 2 months at any given time)
Is this possible with a simple select or do I need to build more logic
in the application?

I know how to store a XML document as a CLOB and object relationally.
I know how to generate an XML document from a query.
What I want to know is when I generate a document from a query, and the
table I

I have a 2 working servers, but 1 of them now is broken (but I have all
files from them). Now I want to start 2-nd instance on 1-st machine
with data from 2-nd machine. I make changes in /var/opt/oracle/oratab
file, in listeners and copy all datafiles and init files (dbs and

Hello Oracle gurus,
I am trying to install Oracle 9i or 10g on unbuntu linux. Could someone
help me if you have got any documentation on installating.
Thank you