From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Fri Jul 30 08:06:59 2004 Return-Path: Received: from air189.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6UD6ia18132 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:06:54 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air189.startdedicated.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6UD6X618088 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:06:43 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 8CF9C72C9F8; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:40:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00713-29; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:40:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id D2C0E72C9E1; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:40:51 -0500 (EST) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:39:25 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Delivered-To: oracle-l@freelists.org Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B907B72C5A8 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:39:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00614-11 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:39:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from web80511.mail.yahoo.com (web80511.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.79.81]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with SMTP id EE24D72C8CB for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:39:22 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20040730130647.57276.qmail@web80511.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.74.181.80] by web80511.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:06:47 PDT Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:06:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Fuad Arshad Subject: Re: Changing Character Set To: oracle-l@freelists.org In-Reply-To: <758260AC76ABD64AA3781956D6A50C3D1E83F3@bobwpmsg001.choicepoint.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 6509 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: fuadar@yahoo.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at freelists.org metalink Note:234381.1 can help you do this Ken Payton wrote:Does anyone know how to switch off the superset check when changing the = national character set. I would like to change the character set of a = new database without rebuilding it and I am receiving ORA-12714: invalid = national character set specified. =20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org]On Behalf Of Tim Gorman Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 5:38 AM To: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Re: Lost PERFSTAT bridge scripts Found it Larry, Thanks for the post of Mr Hurley's material. Especially useful is the = use of AUTONOMOUS TRANSACTION pragma, although I've not found it to be necessary... I can understand performing a STATSPACK.SNAP before database shutdown, = to "flush" any values to disk before they are lost, but I am at a loss to understand the reason to perform a STATSPACK.SNAP in an AFTER STARTUP database-event trigger? -Tim on 7/29/04 1:49 PM, Wolfson Larry - lwolfs at = lawrence.wolfson@acxiom.com wrote: > Guess I didn't get specific enough on Google the first time. >=20 > Sorry >=20 > http://www.quest-pipelines.com/pipelines/dba/tips03.htm#january >=20 > January's Tip of the Month >=20 > Automatic Statspack Snapshots at Shutdown and Startup > Compliments of Darryl Hurley, Pipeline SYSOP (dhurley@mdsi.bc.ca) >=20 > Oracle?s Statspack utility provides a straightforward method of = monitoring > database performance statistics. The process is simple; take interval > snapshots of performance indicators and then run reports to see how = much the > indicators have changed during the interval(s). >=20 > Problems arise when intervals span an Oracle shutdown because = comparing > interval values across them is illogical. Here?s an example: >=20 > 10:00 PM Statspack Snapshot #33 shows Physical Reads =3D 100000 > 10:15 PM Database Shutdown > 10:20 PM Database Restarted > 11:00 PM Statspack Snapshot #34 shows Physical Reads =3D 100 >=20 > At this point a StatsPack Report comparing snapshot #33 to snapshot = #34 > would claim that ?99900 physical reads had occurred. Actually the = report > would begin with this self-explanatory text: >=20 > ERROR: Snapshots chosen span an instance shutdown: RESULTS ARE INVALID >=20 > It?s impossible to report across a shutdown, but it is possible to = reduce > the lost periods of time (10:00 to 10:15 and 10:20 to 11:00 in our = example) > by automatically performing snapshots before shutdown and after = startup. > It?s easily done with BEFORE-SHUTDOWN and AFTER-STARTUP triggers. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@freelists.org put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------