RE: DBA Weakest Link

LMAO...... ;o)

-----Original Message-----
Sent: 07 December 2001 15:05
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

> Q: In what version of Oracle did the cursor sharing feature become
> available? 7.3, 8.0, or 8.1?

Q: In what version of Oracle did the 'cursor sharing' feature stopped producing ORA-0600?

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:20 AM

> Hello DBAs,
>
> I'm having a company holiday party today, and as you all may know my
company
> employs mostly DBAs. (Pythian is an Oracle DBA Outsourcing shop.)
>
> I'm thinking of having a "DBA Weakest Link" game for fun at some point of
> the evening. Yes, I know, the partners/husbands/wives will think it's a
bit
> of a bore, but imagine the fun for us DBAs! :-)
>
> So what I'm trying to do is get many, many weakest link-style questions
> (with answers) ready. I want them mostly to be easy, but with the odd hard
> one snuck in for unfairness. Please help out by submitting your questions,
> and I'll summarize and post the complete list back to the list when I'm
> done!
>
> Sound like fun? I'll get us started with a format.
>
> Q: Name the Oracle error for "Table or view does not exist"?
> A: Ora-00942, 942
>
> Q: Which of the following return a value? Procedure, Function, Package,
> Index?
> A: Function
>
> Q: In what version of Oracle did the cursor sharing feature become
> available? 7.3, 8.0, or 8.1?
> A: 8.1
>
> Q: In Oracle, the function that averages values is called: Average, or
AVG?
> A: AVG.
>
> Q: The structure Oracle uses to protect a region from memory from
concurrent
> access is called: Lock, Latch, or Library Catch?
> Q: Latch
>
> Q: Larger block sizes make more efficient use of the buffer cache, or less
> efficient?
> A: Less efficient.
>
> I'd like to get at least a hundred ready for the game, preferably more.
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Paul
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