I have a table that looks like this:
server_name severity log_only   notification_only
--------       --------  --------    ----------
serverA        critical    0             0

If I am performing a server name change while on Oracle 10G. I
discovered the db console did not work, even though I shutdown all of
the services and databases.
What is the method to change a server name in Windows 2003, in

Which are the functions usable in SQL that would take an SQL query as
string parameter (VARCHAR)?

I am required to install multiple Oracle version on smae machine.
Oracle 9202, 9203, 9206 on same RedHat Linux AS 3, for different vendors.
So I created three users and three groups, ora9202:ora9202_dba,
ora9203:ora9203_dba, ora9204:ora9204_dba, with differenct Oracle_Home,

Do anyone knew something about progress in research about
developing sql that can analyze pictures or videos?
Greeting
Bjørn

I found a note, Note:221130.1, which got me by (had a createion error)
BUT the question remains: Why wasn't the standby_file_management able
to create a directory? I figured this out from reading the note AND
doing it:

I was reading the RMAN manual and needed a bit of clarification on a
few things:
1)  When you issue the command "using backup controlfile", that
basically means you will be performing a PIT recovery, and the SCN's in

I have a query that changes explain plan for the worse if I change
non-bind vars to bind vars. Discovered this yesterday, when was trying
to figure out extra dblink chatter (see reduce dblink (database link)
chatter thread):

I am sure it does, but I am not sure of its marketing name.
Say you have a record that was created and now a user has edited the
record.  Does Oracle have a way of storing both the original record and
modifications?  Sort of like an audit trail or history of changes.

Why can't I have?
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY test AS
   TYPE test_table IS TABLE OF VARCHAR2(30)
        INDEX BY VARCHAR2(2);

We have oracle 8i running on a sun machine.  Our DBA just left and of
course the database died.  Somehow I was elected to try and fix it, but
Im a software engineer, I know very very very little about oracle.
When I run the startup script, I get the following:

I have oracle 10g 10.1.0.2 installed on HP Tru64 5.1.b.
As the Oracle software owner I can create an instance and connect to it
locally by using nothing but the ORACLE_SID.
As a normal local unix user on the same server I can not connect

Creating indexes on a large table
Hi,
I have 2 large tables on which we have to create indexes.
Table 1: ( Contains 4 Billion Records )

Hey, all.
Shockingly, RMAN (8.1.7.4 on AIX 5.2) is still refusing to give up all
its secrets.
I am working on TSPITR.

Neither I nor the C coder that i am working with has attempted to setup an
external procedure before so the help is greatly appreciated.
Does the following error mean that oracle configuration is correct and now
there is an issue with the DLL itself?