I am trying to install it do you have any tips when I enter ./orainst
nothing happened
AnandVadul <anandvadul_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
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> I just got out of a huge nightmare (Oracle 8.0.5 on Linux !)
> Want to share a couple of insights I got from the exercise.
>
> The Application is a message forwarder which uses a table to
> store messages incase they cant be sent immediately.It is written in
> pro c .
>
> Here's the bug parade.
>
> 1. Oracle 8.0.5 does not support pthread applications . So had to
> put a mutex lock so that only one thread at a time can access the db.
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> 2. Glibc :
> Oracle 'recommends' a glibcpatch - (the compilation wont happen
> otherwise)
> The glibc patch stops the fflush(stdin) from working. So you have to
> go in a loop to remove the chars from the keyboard.
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> 3. Memory Leaks :
> An open and close of a cursor leaks 24K. (like it ?) This is if it is
> running
> as a separate process.
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> 4. File Descriptor leaks :
> If the process is threaded, we get file descriptor leaks. A small prog
> two threads, one opening and closing a cursor, the other trying to get a
> file handle. Give it 10 minutes, the second thread cant get file handles
> at all !
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> 5. Precompiler probs :
> Half the syntax as shown in http://technet.oracle.com gives assertions.
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> I'm out of oracle, into Sybase right now and am trying to run the same
> benchmark tests. Will tell you what happens with sybase.
>
> Anand.
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> Before you buy.
Received on Fri Nov 12 1999 - 12:33:33 CST
