Re: oracle 9i: errors by clone a DB by a script

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:00:44 +0200, Andreas Mosmann <mosmann_at_expires-30-04-2008.news-group.org> wrote:

> And I am sure that I am not the only
>one with these wishes. Maybe there will be a version where the
>enterprise manager has a button "Clone a DB" and if you start it will
>ask you the following questions:
>- server?
>- sys/system - passwords?
>- shrink db?
>- delete existing db?
>and all the other information concerning operation system, installed
>oracle version/patchlevel and whatever it finds out itself.
>Dream a little dream ...

It so happens, databases are *designed*, and one shouldn't have one database per app.
What you describe are the Mickey Mouse procedures so typical for the toy products provided by Mickeysoft.
Grow up, accept Oracle is much more mature than Mickeysoft will ever produce, or stick to Mickeysoft.

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA