From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Sep 22 22:33:33 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j8N3XXnZ005515 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:33:33 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j8N3XS6H005503 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:33:28 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id D177B1EEF66; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:33:13 -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 15058-03; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:33:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 11ED21EEFAF; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:33:13 -0500 (EST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=fOQBirzTjAgUVM/a6el2922GwsYJOhst9lR6d3qshpK5XRVzn5oAaldJUxkU4fX2jwJ17qNnHFnUE8I/h+PooajvdgF7I1qRHO/zTwWcxqb4feAYEmLfpngicsMKi7DZ5703BQhI/RYsXs0QW/L6gexlmM82nq8uNviATd0je40= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:31:15 -0500 From: Dennis Williams To: Paula_Stankus@doh.state.fl.us Subject: Re: help Cc: oracle-l@freelists.org In-Reply-To: <82F7EDC10657264083BF52FBC64378CE02C03153@dohsmailhq07.doh.ad.state.fl.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline References: <82F7EDC10657264083BF52FBC64378CE02C03153@dohsmailhq07.doh.ad.state.fl.us> X-archive-position: 25818 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: oracledba.williams@gmail.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: oracledba.williams@gmail.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-mailscan-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-mailscan-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 Paula, > Then at the last minute the users (through looking at their reporting > system) request a massive update. The last minute massive update doesn't worry me. I just think that is the way the universe works. It probably just means the users have finally understood the application and users just don't understand data dictionaries anyway. The users work through the interfaces. What worries me is the last minute massive update that turns out to bollix up everything. That keeps me awake at night. Dennis Williams -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l