Re: update sys tables sets idiot flag?

Group,

Interesting.

Recognize both, agree with previous postings.

Also, I often delete from sys.user_history$ to allow users to re-use passwords

Keep adding...

nb: still ppl out there modifying sql.bsq to prevent fragmentation ?

<mike_st0ne_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:95p1i1$3iv$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> But there's never been a rule that didn't have exceptions!
>
> Two that I can think of:
>
> 1) You have auditing enabled, and you want to clear down AUD$ - nothing
> wrong with issuing "truncate table AUD$" .
> Admittedly, AUD$ isn't part of the data dictionary, but it is a SYS-
> owned table.
>
> 2) You want to change the global name of your database, but you can't
> because it currently hasn't got a suffix (like e.g. ".WORLD"), and as a
> result "ALTER DATABASE RENAME GLOBAL_NAME TO <NEWNAME.SUFFIX>" isn't
> working. The only available workaround is to issue
>
> update sys.props$
> set value$='<NEWNAME.SUFFIX>' where name='GLOBAL_DB_NAME';
>
> Can anyone add to this list?
>
> Mike S
>
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Received on Tue Feb 06 2001 - 13:48:23 CST