Re: Oracle help

On Jul 16, 10:42 pm, ph3ng <jth..._at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 17, 1:30 pm, "Ana C. Dent" <anaced..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ph3ng <jth..._at_gmail.com> wrote in news:2655f5b4-cbfe-4527-b061-ff3807827281
> > @25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:
>
> > > Now I'd like to be able to know the size of the actual storage/disk
> > > for where that particular schema is sitting on. Is this possible? If
> > > so how would I be doing this, what is the syntax?
>
> > 1) You don't get the answer by using SQL.
> > 2) You ask the Operating System (OS) the right question.
>
> > Since you decided we did not need to know your OS,
> > You're On Your Own (YOYO)!
>
> Thanks for the response. Hmmmmm perhaps I should rephrase or I am not
> asking the right things - still new as such dba jargons are fairly new
> to me. Please excuse me for that.
>
> 1) When you say ask the OS, could you elaborate more? And how would I
> be asking?
>
> Thanks,

OS -> Operating System
It is not DBA jargon. It is not database jargon. but it is computer jargon.

Either English is not your primary language or you are presenting yourself as an example of the Peter Principle.

Assuming language is the issue:
you find the directory where the database files are stored and you check the sizes. In LINUX it might be
cd $ORACLE_HOME/u01
ls -l

HTH,
   Ed Received on Thu Jul 17 2008 - 12:06:57 CDT