Re: Parallel Query on Oracle 8

From: Venkat <vreddy_at_no_spamix.netcom.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 14:03:48 -0400
Message-ID: <6kuqds$g7p@dfw-ixnews8.ix.netcom.com>

Amit,
Oracle had Parallel capabilities since version 7.1(1995) . Supporting/maintaining the same functionality across all the platforms is what makes oracle so pervasive. You can either create tables/indexes with Parallel clause or specify parallel hints to make use of the parallel feature(s).

Venkat

>I understand that Oracle 8 is capable of running a parallel query. I
>have several questions:
>1. Is this capability limited to only specific platforms (i.e. - Unix) ?
>Is it possible on NT machines ?
>2. Does the query has to be written be written in some parallel form ?
>Can Oracle benefit from multiprocessing if the query is not explicitly
>written for that ?
>
>Thanks,
>Amit
>
>
Received on Mon Jun 01 1998 - 13:03:48 CDT