Re: So much for HA!

Joel Garry wrote:

> I'm sure many have noticed it by now:
>
> ------------------------
> 03-Aug-04, 4:00 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time - The TARs button may not be
> visible on MetaLink due to an internal TAR server problem. This issue
> is being worked as a top priority and the TARs button will be enabled
> once again as soon as possible.
> ------------------------
>
> I'm glad someone has sev 1 support :-)
>
> I noticed glitches all day, but thought it was because I've been
> tracking down some network weirdness in OAS10g and futzing with my
> proxy/TCP settings (it seems possible to ignore timeout settings in
> web.xml under some conditions). Then when I tried to access an
> unrelated tar I entered a few hours ago and never got an email
> notification (hey, sometimes the analysts forget to hit "send email"),
> I got no access to see tars. After logging in again, my tar button
> had disappeared. Horrors! When does my contract expire! Why does it
> show "Open, update and close TARs No " on my profile! I AM the
> #$%#$%#$ Administrator! :-O
>
> We have an amazingly thin thread attaching us to information. I admit
> it, I'm a metalink addict. I hope someone 'fesses up to what really
> happened.
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> What to do if your tar button disappears:
> http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NEW&p_id=817789.994
> (Expiry date must be less than the current date?) That is just crying
> out for parody.

The "tahiti.oracle.com" documentation site (or at least, the 9i version documentation in my part of the world) was down on July 16th for a while too (several posts in OTN forums confirm this). Makes me remember what a pain it is to try to keep locally-accessible, up-to-date documentation at your fingertips at all times. In other words, 99.999 <> 100.

I only open 3-4 TAR's a year, typically, but that's because many times I find the bug (or whatever) first via a Metalink search. If I could have Metalink access without TAR support I'd be almost as happy.

--Mark Bole Received on Wed Aug 04 2004 - 19:36:09 CDT