Message-Id: <10582.114028@fatcity.com> From: "Nguyen, Long" Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:02:45 +1000 Subject: RE: Porting test rows to a Development instance... Some shops might be sensitive about production data in a test environment so they might copy data from proid db to test db and then apply some scripts to modify data in test. Long -----Original Message----- From: Larry Holder [mailto:lholder@utm.edu] Sent: Tuesday, 8 August 2000 9:16 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Re: Porting test rows to a Development instance... >> We have an ongoing issue in our shop that is causing everyone headaches. >> The issue involves porting an ample amount of test data from, say our >> Production instance down to our Development instance to adequately test our >> customizations. John Mule' >> Oracle Development Team >> Tulane University >> (504) 862-8000 ext. 2574 John, We periodically re-clone our Testing instance from our Production instance. Full-sized, nothing left out. Can't beat that for testing with. Worth the disk space. In fact, I have two full-sized non-production instances, one for users to train and experiment with, and one just for me as DBA to work on (testing backups, etc). Larry Holder Senior Systems Analyst, Oracle Database Administrator The University of Tennessee at Martin Computer Center lholder@utm.edu (901) 587-7890 www.utm.edu/~lholder Saved by grace <>< Romans 8:38-39 -- Author: Larry Holder INET: lholder@utm.edu Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).