Re: ORACLE7/VMS patch, who's fault?

From mmm_at_icf.hrb.com (Max Magliaro):

>> I am having problems running ORACLE 7.0.13 on an Alpha/AXP with OpenVMS 1.5 .
>> ORACLE randomly aborts with 600 or 602 (access violation or internal
>> exception) errors. I have just discovered that there is a Virtual
>> Memory Mgmt patch to OpenVMS 1.5.
>>
>> From DEC: Many users running ORACLE applications on Alphas experienced this
>> problem. It turned out that the VMS page manager occasionally
>> pulled in the wrong page when it moved pages in and out of
>> a program's virtual space. Since ORACLE is such a page happy,
>> resource-hungry monster, it pages a *lot* and experienced the
>> problem.
>

From: pihlab_at_cbr.hhcb.gov.au (Bruce Pihlamae):  

> Gee. They make it sound like a bug in Oracle don't they. Well, I guess
> if that darn Oracle software didn't page at all it would work just fine
> on our new Digital/Alpha hardware & software. I sure hope they don't use
> any application software that pages too much at any hospitals that run this
> "VMS page manager" otherwise it could void the warranty of a few patients
> BUT that's the application's fault isn't it 8^}.
>
> --
> Bruce... pihlab_at_cbr.hhcs.gov.au
>

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    From Max Magliaro:

    Bruce,

       DEC really didn't try to make it sound like an ORACLE bug.  If I
       gave that impression, then I must correct myself here.  DEC
       simply stated they had a paging bug that showed up alot on ORACLE
       applications because they tended to page a lot.  They in no way
       attempted to *Blame* ORACLE or skirt their responsibility.

       --- Max