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Very materialistic. So the I in f$getsyi would stand for Income? Never
thought about that.
Hey, one day let's join Oracle Support together and see what can be done.
Mogens
Tim Gorman wrote:
> I don¹t know the answer to your question, but it reminds of something that
> happened 14 years ago on a project running Oracle v6.0.x on DEC VAX/VMS...
>
> While we were debugging some situation or another, my colleague, who was
> Turkish, turned to me and stated, ³You Americans are *so* materialistic!².
>
> Surprised, I laughed and asked her where that comment had come from (I
> didn¹t disagree, but it was quite a non-sequitor). She waved at the VT100
> amber-screen and pointed out all the dollar signs: the VMS command-prompt
> (i.e. ³$²), the names of the V$ views in Oracle, the names of the VMS
> system-call functions (i.e. ³SYS$² and "RMS$"), etc...
>
> Guilty, I guess... :-)
>
> ...interestingly (and ironically, I think), she is now a senior director
> (possibly VP) with Oracle Support in Orlando FL. Fast learner. Certainly
> faster than me...
>
>
>
> on 3/5/04 7:41 AM, Keith Moore at kmoore7_at_jcpenney.com wrote:
>
>
>>I teach Oracle certification classes at a local college and a student asked me >>a question that has me stumped. We were talking about the V$ views and he >>asked: How do DBA's in Germany query the views when they don't have a $ on >>their keyboards? >> >>Thanks. >> >>Keith Moore >>Oracle Certified Professional >>972-431-5126 >>kmoore7_at_jcpenney.com >> >> >>The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to >>which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged >>material. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, >>you are hereby notified that your access is unauthorized, and any review, >>dissemination, distribution or copying of this message including any >>attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended >>recipient, please contact the sender and delete the material from any >>computer. >>
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