Re: Must reboot before 248 days??

From: Jakob Wittmann <jakobw_at_gmx.at>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:03:47 +0200
Message-ID: <8pn916$dh7qr$1@ID-45057.news.cis.dfn.de>

<dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:8plark$cqa$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> The eWEEK (formerly PCWeek) column Spenser F. Katt, dated 9/10/00,
> available at:
> http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2625949,00.html
>
> Reports that Oracle database versions "8.1.6 or earlier" could corrupt
> the control file if the database runs for more than 248 consecutive
> days without a server reboot. The workaround is to reboot the server
> before it reaches this many days.
>
> This sounds serious. Does anyone know anything about this?
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

Hi,

Oracle Support told me "this happens only on sun" . Glad to have IBM AIX ;-)

Jakob Received on Wed Sep 13 2000 - 02:03:47 CDT