Re: HELP! migrating from NT to UNIX

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 12:57:32 -0800
Message-ID: <1074977788.160406@yasure>

Logan Byrne wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1074958364.917265_at_yasure...
>

>>Andrey wrote:
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>>>Dear Sybrand! Questioner does not ask you to help him to keep his job.

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> His
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>>>question was how to migrate database. He must act corresponding to

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> Oracle
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>>>documentation, as well as sufficient number of internet resources about

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> this
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>>>topic. You tragic "fail miserable" makes me wonder if you really tries

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> to
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>>>help him or simple dramatizing situation.
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>>Sybrand understood the OP and his advice was good. The OP needs to
>>apologize and hand in his resignation. Taking a job for which you are
>>totally unqualified is an ethical lapse ... not an opportunity.
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>>Anyone offering advice to the OP is a fool, or worse, as the question
>>asked is the subject of a book ... not a few quick paragraphs in a
>>usenet group. The OP's question could be easily rephrased as "I just got
>>a job as Head of Thoracic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic based on my
>>personality ... please tell me how to remove a malignant tumor."
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>>Being helpful sometimes means saying "No".
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>>-- 
>>Daniel Morgan
>>http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp
>>http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp
>>damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>>(replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)
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> Thanks everybody,
> I fully intend to let this one go and RTFMs until I've got more than a
> conceptual understanding. Yes Dan, knowing how Thoracic Surgery works *in
> theory* won't save lives in the OR.
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> On that note, let me rephrase my question: Does anyone know some good DB
> migration books out there?
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> L

A much better question ... and thank you for not being offended by the unvarnished nature of my posting. It was intended to be constructive and I am glad you took it that way.

Migration is documented at:
http://otn.oracle.com
http://docs.oracle.com
and in files (html and pdf) on the Oracle CD set.

The critical thing here is try this several times, at least, on a test machine before trying it for anything real.

-- 
Daniel Morgan
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp
http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Sat Jan 24 2004 - 14:57:32 CST