Re: DBA_VIEWS interactive reference available from OTN

Thank you for the feedback on the Oracle Database 11g: Interactive Quick Reference (IQR) that my team produced. At this point in time, it is by no means a replacement for the reference guide in the product documentation library.

However, the IQR does have some things the documentation doesn't include:

• an architecture diagram of the key processes, memory structures, and files
• a categorization of the background processes, plus which ones are started by default, which ones are required, and which ones are new (the background processes table in the documentation <http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e17110/bgprocesses.htm#sthref4453> doesn't include all of this info)
• the DBA views, and the RAC-related V$ views, are categorized

We have also posted a SWF version of the IQR (click here for download page
<http://www.oracle.com/go/?&Src=7027600&Act=54&pcode=WWOU10044054MPP047>) so that Mac OS and Linux users don't have to use the .EXE version. We did consider creating the IQR using HTML5+CSS3, but we did not have the resources or time right now. This first version of the IQR was not actually funded -- all of it was done on "spare" cycles.

There were many features (such as searchability, sortable tables, covering all of the V$ views, an ERD of the DBA and V$ views, easier / more intuitive navigation, etc.) that we just did not have the time to get to in this initial proof-of-concept release. With this first attempt, we were just trying to take what was included in the printed Oracle data dictionary posters, and add a little more info, but deliver it digitally.

I have added your feedback to our enhancements list for the DB 12.1 version of the IQR. Thanks again for taking the time to provide feedback.

Cheers,
Jenny

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On 12/9/2010 11:13 AM, Jared Still wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Allen, Brandon
> <Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com <mailto:Brandon.Allen_at_oneneck.com>> wrote:
>
> I'm with you on this one Rich - I greatly prefer the good ol'
> online reference documentation, which is easily searchable, more
> accessible, more detailed and presumably more accurate and
> up-to-date. I would recommend that anyone looking for reference
> info go to the link below rather than that application:
>
> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e17110/toc.htm
>
>
> ... and the docs include v$ views.
> Jared Still
> Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com
> Home Page: http://jaredstill.com
>

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