Re: Replication - how hard is it really? (Updatable snapshots..)

Who knows how big the Lewis clan could be!

Seriously though, my point about the 'black box' nature of relication is not being able (as far as I am aware) to see the state and nature of a replication process. You can see the start and end of reception from a snapshot and then the start and end of it's 'Refresh', however (again as far as I am aware) not be able to see where in each stage it has got to and what type of 'Refresh' is occuring i.e. Fast or otherwise. For information we are using a single Refresh Group to maintain referential integrity accross a number of simple snapshots.

Regards

--
Kevin A Lewis (BOCM PAULS LTD - Animal Feed Manufacturer - Ipswich England)

                        <KevinALewis_at_HotMail.com>

The views expressed herein by the author of this document are not necessarily those of BOCM PAULS Ltd. Pete Sharman <psharman_at_us.oracle.com> wrote in message news:37655299.725D7FEB_at_us.oracle.com...
> Oracle always has an answer, and in this case it's ...
>
> Oracle Consulting!
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist. As you say, it would be impossible to write such
a
> manual, and even if you did by the time you had it written it would be out
> of date. That's where you need people involved. That's at least part of
> why Tom and I (and others) keep an eye on this newsgroup, to try and
ensure
> people use the features appropriately. Unfortunately, it's impossible to
> get all the information across in a newsgroup posting, so all we can do is
> advise. You really need to get someone to come on site to determine
> appropriateness of the advice to your business situation. I don't think
> there's any danger to your livelihood here - we all still need people.
>
> Pete
>
> Jonathan Lewis wrote:
>
> > No relation (as far as I know).
> >
> > You've highlighted my biggest complaint about Oracle
> > in that one small sentence. There are huge numbers of
> > wonderful features to the product, but very little information
> > about when it is appropriate to use one feature and avoid
> > another.
> >
> > I have to admit that it would be very difficult to write
> > some sort of manual that gave reasonably thorough
> > guidelines - 8i stretches to about 20,000 pages
> > when it does little more than list the commands and
> > give syntactical examples of use; but it would be
> > nice to have some sort documentation that outlined
> > the realistic limitations of each feature.
> >
> > (Having said that, I make a living by advising people
> > which are the best features of Oracle to use when
> > turning a real-life problem into a physical model,
> > so I'm really talking myself out of a livelihood here).
> >
> > --
> >
> > Jonathan Lewis
> > Yet another Oracle-related web site: www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk
> >
> > Pete Sharman wrote in message <37652ECF.F7A31711_at_us.oracle.com>...
> >
> > >Kevin and Jonathan make some very good points (are you guys related at
> > all?).
> >
> > > The main problem I have seen with it has been
> > people not
> > >understanding what it should be used for.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards
>
> Pete
>
>
Received on Tue Jun 15 1999 - 08:40:57 CDT