Outrage that OCP exams are now unproctored - Comments?

From: Norman Dunbar <Norman.Dunbar_at_lfs.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 14:51:25 -0000
Message-ID: <E2F6A70FE45242488C865C3BC1245DA7031D3B22@lnewton.leeds.lfs.co.uk>

Hi Chris,

nip over to Jonathan's web site and the Co-operative FAQ
(http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/blockdump.html) and you should find a
(hopefully) helpful answer to the question on how to take a dump, how to
determine which block to dump etc etc. The author of the article is quite well respected (in his own mind!)

As for how to read said block dump, I'm afraid I can't really help - I've got a pair of OCPs so I'm unqualified to tell you :o) but there are a couple of links available on the above FAQ answer.

Cheers,
Norman.

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Norman Dunbar
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Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.
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Tel: 0113 289 6265
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Boyle [mailto:cboyle_at_hargray.dot.com] Posted At: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:06 PM Posted To: server
Conversation: Outrage that OCP exams are now unproctored - Comments? Subject: Re: Outrage that OCP exams are now unproctored - Comments?

I'll admit it, I am not a DBA anywhere else but at home (8.1.5,8.1.7 and 9.2) but I would be interestested in in learning how to cause and interpret
a block dump. ? I did a google search of the newsgroups and found a few
examples of how to do it but nothing in enough detail to explain how to read
it or even why I would need to dump a block much less how to determine the
block to dump. Can anyone recommend a good source for learning this?

(possible joke topics to expound upon include: Asking the world how to
take
a dump, OCP = Oracle Constipated Professional/Oracle Clueless Professional
and decodeing a dump by hand.)

Have a nice day
Chris Received on Fri Jan 03 2003 - 08:51:25 CST