In order to have this capaability, does this have to have
Parallel Server option?
Venkat wrote:
>
> 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 Tue Jun 02 1998 - 02:33:40 CDT
