DOH! That wasn't intended for the list! See what lack of sleep does to me!
*SIGH*
SMF 8)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shawn Ferris
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 9:51 PM
> To: 'ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com'
> Subject: RE: How to put egg on your face
> Importance: Low
>
>
> What the hell are you doing here? (On the list at this hour!)
> I'm stuck working 6pm-6am shifts for the next couple of days,
> but you.. ;) GO SLEEP! 8)
>
> SMF 8)
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:carmichr_at_hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 7:45 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: How to put egg on your face
> >
> >
> > As a friend of mine often says....
> >
> > sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug
> >
> > sounds like today you were the bug....
> >
> > my most heartfelt sympathies. Been there, done that.... or at least
> > something similarly embarrassing
> >
> >
> > >From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
> > >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > >Subject: How to put egg on your face
> > >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 16:55:24 -0800
> > >
> > >Here's a new recipe I discovered today for putting egg on my
> > >face:
> > >
> > >1. Run low on disk on the server
> > >
> > >2. Hurriedly delete "unused" database files in order to free
> > >up space because you are behind on a deadline.
> > >
> > >(you can see where this is going, right<grin>).
> > >
> > >3. Call up Oracle Support about a completely different
> > >problem.
> > >
> > >4. While on the phone with the support analyst, "bounce"
> > >database instance to change a parameter setting.
> > >
> > >5. Discover that instance won't start because files are
> > >missing.
> > >
> > >6. Mutter various words that should be deprecated from the
> > >English language<grin>.
> > >
> > >7. Defer discussion of original problem until you can
> > >rebuild the database.
> > >
> > >8. Imagine support analyst laughing after she hangs up the
> > >phone.
> > >
> > >It's very important to do steps 4-7 while on the phone with
> > >a knowledgeable Oracle professional, so that you can
> > >maximize the exposure of your utterly stupid act of deleting
> > >your database files while your database is running.
> > >
> > >I should know better. It was a test database, and because of
> > >that I got a bit too cavalier with it. I paid by spending a
> > >couple of hours recreating the database from scratch. On the
> > >positive side, the support call involved some database links
> > >that I couldn't seem to drop. Trashing the entire database
> > >took care of that problem quite nicely<grin>.
> > >
> > >Best regards,
> > >
> > >Jonathan
> > >mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com
> > >http://gennick.com
> > >
> > >
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> > >Author: Jonathan Gennick
> > > INET: jonathan_at_gennick.com
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