"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:<1uCV9.25865$jM5.67663_at_newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
> "Mark D Powell" <Mark.Powell_at_eds.com> wrote in message
> news:2687bb95.0301160716.177801c2_at_posting.google.com...
> > "Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
> [snip]
> > > There is as Howard says absolutely no need to stop a listener for
> backup
> > > purposes. I'd go further and say that there is absolutely no need to
> stop a
> > > database for backup purposes either, but thats a slightly different
> > > discussion.
> >
> > I would modify that last statement to "there is absolutely no need to
> > stop an Oracle database ...." and I agree, though having the option of
> > stopping the database is nice since it also implies a reliable
> > maintenance window exists should one be needed.
>
> I'd modify both your statements to point out that you open and close
> databases, but you start and stop *instances*.
>
> ;-)
> HJR
Howard, you are correct. We should all try to be more careful with
matching our terminology to the database we are working with since the
same terms have different meanings with different database products.
Received on Thu Jan 16 2003 - 18:51:51 CST
