Re: stability of Oracle?

Michael.Stowe_at_f573.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Michael Stowe) writes:

>> 3) How easily does an Oracle db get corrupted (say, if three
>> or four people are running report writers at the same time)?
 

>You have a better chance of winning the lottery without buying a ticket.
>Oracle databases do NOT get corrupted because people access them. The only
>Oracle databases I have seen corrupted (I have repaired many) is because
>somebody screws up in a big way at the OS level -- e.g. deleting key files,
>physically corrupting the files, attempting to access the files directly, etc.

   My favorite is when people attempt to back up a "live" database    by backing up the data files and control files. WHen they have    problems, they try to restore which inevitably results in different    control files being applied to different data files which = a mess.

   Again, Oracle is super stable and reliable IF you take your time    and use some common sense.

Rich Holowczak
Rutgers University
holowcza_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu Received on Wed Mar 09 1994 - 16:00:43 CET