Re: Oracle 8.1.7 on Linux Suse 8.0

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Brewer <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk> writes:

 Paul> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message  Paul> news:pan.2003.03.01.06.42.31.934025_at_yahoo.com.au...
>> On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:44:19 +0000, Norman Dunbar wrote:
>>
>> > Morning,
>> >
>> > just stick with it, catalog.sql is doing quite a lot of
>> stuff. I've had > one run for about 30 mins (on a slowish server)
>> before now.
>> >
>> > Cheers, > Norman.
>> >
>>
>> Eh, Lad! Thou'twer'tlucky! 30 minutes?!! Bloody Luxury!!!
>>
>> Try running 16 copies of it simultaneously for 16 instances on the
>> one server, whilst the classroom next door is doing Backup and
>> Recovery, and copying 9 databases around the place (also on the
>> same server).
>>
>> Go for lunch, and come back to discover it is still chugging
>> along. Teach the next chapter... and find it STILL chugging
>> along!!
>>
>> Fortunately, we've upgraded our server since then (and we seem not
>> to run 16-people classes as frequently, either. Strange that).
>>
>> Regards HJR

 Paul> We had to live in a paper bag in a hole in the ground, and make
 Paul> the instance available half an hour before the backup had
 Paul> completed. Tell that to the kids today, and they won't believe
 Paul> you.

 Paul> Regards, Paul

Sheer luxury - I use to dream of living in a paper bag in a whole in the ground and make the instance available half an hour before the backup had completed. We use to live in a septic tank and had to make the backup available before the instance was created. Tell that to the kids today and they won't believe you.

Tim

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