I'm wondering how this whole new rollback dealie will work in practice.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
"Connor McDonald" <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:3A5C757A.5532_at_yahoo.com...
> jumaga_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > Ok, what's the story with 9i? I've read some of Oracle's marketing
> > hype and I still can't figure out what the real deal is. It looks to
> > me like it is primarily still just an 8.1.7 database but that they have
> > bundled all their apps in and are pushing it as a complete package.
> > They've also bundled a bunch of new tools (half of which probably don't
> > work properly) but has the core db technology gone through another
> > major change?
> >
> > Does anyone have further insight into the nitty-gritty?
> >
> > PS
> > I've been working with Oracle since version 6 and it seems like I'm
> > constantly fighting to stay current with Oracle... I spent the majority
> > of the last year getting intimate with 8i, and now I have to get
> > familiar with 9i? Jeesh. The time between major releases of Oracle is
> > getting a little out of hand... I guess Ellison really does want to be
> > the next Microsoft. LOL! I'll get off the soap box now.
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
> > http://www.deja.com/
>
> The big ones I'm looking forward to are
>
> - variable blocksize (per tablespace I think)
> - logical standby (ie extract SQL's from the logs and apply them)
>
>
> HTH
> Connor
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Received on Thu Jan 11 2001 - 06:36:43 CST
