From: "Patrick Dean Rusk" <ruskies@mediaone.net>
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> >but not easily searchable. Certainly, there are volumes of Oracle
> >information to find on the Net, but it is scattered.
> I find the html format of the latest releases quite convenient.
> But of course, YMMV.

    You and Mark both with the "YMMV". I had to look that up!


> I use www.ixora.com.au quite a lot. Practical, informal information
> from someone who knows heaps about the subject.  From there you can
> take links to other extremelly useful sites.  Tom Kyte's is excellent,
> so is Jonathan's.  All are superb online references, and their books
> are without equal.  On the books subject, I find Guy Harrison's books
> absolutely indispensable, both of them.  The last one in particular is
> all you need in terms of a quick reference.  Until someone puts the
> entire library in PalmOS format (hint,hint!), it follows me
> everywhere.

    Thanks. I'll check these out.


> Last time I dabbled, I was getting WSH scripts in Javascript (or VBA)
> dumping monitoring info directly into Excel and Word, using the
> command automation.  It works, just needs someone with the time to
> sort it out and put a decent look on it.  Perheaps you could be the
> one?

    Well, I'm really not a Microsoft weenie. When I need good scripting
under Windows, I use cygwin.

> >Parallel Server (30%)
> Bah! Don't need it.

    Good to hear.

> >Partitioning (30%)
> I think that one is in-built in 8i.

    I thought so, too, but it's on their Oracle store as an additional
option that can be purchased for 8i.

> >Spatial (40%) (This was the potential killer feature that Daniel's GIS
> >system might need)
> What for? Relational tables are inherently super for GIS stuff anyway,
> why pay for something that is really not needed?

    Mark's sentiments, too, apparently. It's irrelevant to me, but I'll
remember that for the future.



    Thanks for your comments.

Pat