Re: corrupt datafile

In article <exnS9.649$_j2.39811243_at_newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, Karsten says...
>
>Peter van Rijn wrote:
>>>Zip. I think you're talking about DUL, which is a Support tool, not
>>
>> Consulting.
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>>>And IIRC, it MUST be used by a support engineer, rather than anyone else.
>>>
>>>Pete
>>
>>
>> Peter, you ARE correct. It was developped by Bernard van Duijnen, who is
>> (was?) employed by Oracle Support in The Netherlands. You cannot get the
>> tool without a Support Analyst to use it, and although it's reputation is
>> wide spread and most certainly has saved many databases (and their DBA!) no
>> success is guaranteed.
>>
>> Peter van Rijn
>>
>>
>You are correct. However, when I worked as an Oracle consultant for a
>very brief time (didn't like the 100% travel), every consultant was
>given a Toshiba laptop loaded with Oracle-supplied tools and utilities
>... and guess what we found in one of the folders on that laptop?
>
>Yes, it is a Support tool ... but we all knew what it was and what it
>was suposedly capable of doing. And if I had used it to rescue a
>customer's data ... well, let's just say that my upline manager would
>have received a bonus on his next paystub ... and wouldn't have been
>very willing to split hairs over who officially "owned" the code. I
>never did use it, however, so I can't speak for its real-life effectiveness.
>

Well, it's never been on any laptop Oracle gave me, so I think SUpport must have fgound out about it and pulled it back. Probably more important is the realization people should have that this tool is an absolute last resort, and there are multiple other ways of getting data back before resorting to DUL.

And yes, Bernard still works in Support.

HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.

Pete

SELECT standard_disclaimer, witty_remark FROM company_requirements; Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 10:43:51 CST