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From: James Hanway <hanwayj@m1a2r3.dfo-mpo.gc.cax>
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Subject: Oracle LONG RAW's and Tar's
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I apologize for cross posting this, but the issue hits both subjects.

I'm have an Oracle 7.3.4 database on a Digital 4000 server running
Digital Unix 4.0D. The database takes GIS files from a user's working
directory, .tar.Z's them up and then loads/unloads them into an Oracle
LONG RAW field via PL/SQL calls. On occasion during an extract, the tar
command (/usr/ucb/tar) will come back and prompt "Ready for Volume 2,
type go when ready"  . These tar files do not span any volumes or drives
- they sit as a single file on a single partition (RAID 5)..

Has anyone seen such behavior from the tar command?

Cheers,

James