Re: I can't find a SETUP.EXE in the SQL Plus Client ??

D. Patrick wrote:
>>> The problem is more that I'm going through multiple layers of people and
>>> vendors, and no one is technical enough to advise about connectivity
>>> issues. I'm a SQL Server tech and able to help with tech issues related
>>> to sql syntax, but just not familiar with Oracle.
>> Sorry ... but nonsense. If they can't put you on the phone with the
>> DBA then something is very wrong. And if you are going to be inside
>> a database with a tool such as SQL*Plus, rather than through an
>> application front-end, I don't understand how your apparent skill
>> set, or lack thereof, squares with any of this.
>>
>> In short ... mark me still very suspicious that something is wrong
>> based on the picture you are painting.
>> --
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> University of Washington
>> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>> (replace x with u to respond)
>> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
>> www.psoug.org

> 
> Whatever.  I was thinking you might understand that many businesses don't 
> have DBAs on staff and contractors cannot always be reached, or businesses 
> don't want to pay contractors for all issues.   This is just the reality in 
> the real world, even though you're obviously lucky enough to work for a 
> university that doesn't have the same constraints that small businesses 
> face.

You are correct. Many organizations do not have a DBA on staff. But then they don't give people SQL*Plus as a front-end either. The two don't square.

> Your friendly stupid hacker who foolishly posts about a really stupid > question that wouldn't affect any database security anyway.

There is a substantial body of evidence to the contrary.

> (If a database were compromised by someone simply knowing how to install SQL > Plus, we'd all have bigger fish to fry than me).

There is a substantial body of evidence to the contrary.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
www.psoug.org