RE: Oracle experience

What sucks: GUI-only installation, needs X, java, miscellaneous crap, needs about 4GB of free space for engine, online backups is a PITA, adding large data spaces may take dozens of minutes (compare onspaces, just seconds) What looks cool is the shell-like Sqlplus environment, isolating users from OS. Well, I may be wrong. This is what I see quite often from fellow Oracle DBA's at work as their sysadmin. -----Mensaje original----- De: forum.subscriber@iiug.org [mailto:forum.subscriber@iiug.org] En nombre de Mike Badar Enviado el: Martes, 19 de Julio de 2005 11:31 a.m. Para: ids@iiug.org Asunto: Oracle experience [1] Greetings, My company makes software which runs on top of many commercial DB's. I have our software up and running on Informix (aix 5.1). No worries. However, I am in the process of installing Oracle on a Solaris box and to be honest, their documentation is not on par with the "industry leader". Note: I said "industry leader", not the "industries best". The install script also..., sucks. Am I a moron or do any of you feel the same way? Mike Badar ESRI-Denver 1 International Court Broomfield, CO 80021-3200 303-449-7779 mbadar@esri.com www.esri.com AVISO LEGAL: Esta informacion es privada y confidencial y esta dirigida unicamente a su destinatario. Si usted no es el destinatario original de este mensaje y por este medio pudo acceder a dicha informacion por favor elimine el mensaje. La distribucion o copia de este mensaje esta estrictamente prohibida. Esta comunicacion es solo para propositos de informacion y no debe ser considerada como propuesta, aceptacion ni como una declaracion de voluntad oficial de REPSOL YPF S.A. y/o subsidiarias y/o afiliadas. La transmision de e-mails no garantiza que el correo electronico sea seguro o libre de error. Por consiguiente, no manifestamos que esta informacion sea completa o precisa. Toda informacion esta sujeta a alterarse sin previo aviso. This information is private and confidential and intended for the recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and shall not be regarded neither as a proposal, acceptance nor as a statement of will or official statement from REPSOL YPF S.A. and/or subsidiaries and/or affiliates. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice.

Not only needing Java, but a specific version of java which may not be present on your machine - in which case, you are in for a nightmare. j. ----- Original Message ----- From: <ERIEZNIKR@REPSOLYPF.COM> To: <ids@iiug.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 5:00 PM Subject: RE: Oracle experience [5466] > What sucks: > GUI-only installation, needs X, java, miscellaneous crap, needs about > 4GB of free space for engine, online backups is a PITA, adding large > data spaces may take dozens of minutes (compare onspaces, just seconds) > > What looks cool is the shell-like Sqlplus environment, isolating users > from OS. Well, I may be wrong. This is what I see quite often from > fellow Oracle DBA's at work as their sysadmin. > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: forum.subscriber@iiug.org [mailto:forum.subscriber@iiug.org] En > nombre de Mike Badar > Enviado el: Martes, 19 de Julio de 2005 11:31 a.m. > Para: ids@iiug.org > Asunto: Oracle experience [1] > > Greetings, > > My company makes software which runs on top of many commercial DB's. I > have our software up and running on Informix (aix 5.1). No worries. > However, I am in the process of installing Oracle on a Solaris box and > to be honest, their documentation is not on par with the "industry > leader". Note: I said "industry leader", not the "industries best". > The install script also..., sucks. Am I a moron or do any of you > feel the same way? > > Mike Badar > ESRI-Denver > 1 International Court > Broomfield, CO 80021-3200 > 303-449-7779 > mbadar@esri.com > www.esri.com > > > > > AVISO LEGAL: > Esta informacion es privada y confidencial y esta dirigida unicamente a su destinatario. Si usted no es el destinatario original de este mensaje y por este medio pudo acceder a dicha informacion por favor elimine el mensaje. La distribucion o copia de este mensaje esta estrictamente prohibida. Esta comunicacion es solo para propositos de informacion y no debe ser considerada como propuesta, aceptacion ni como una declaracion de voluntad oficial de REPSOL YPF S.A. y/o subsidiarias y/o afiliadas. La transmision de e-mails no garantiza que el correo electronico sea seguro o libre de error. Por consiguiente, no manifestamos que esta informacion sea completa o precisa. Toda informacion esta sujeta a alterarse sin previo aviso. > > This information is private and confidential and intended for the recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for information purposes only and shall not be regarded neither as a proposal, acceptance nor as a statement of will or official statement from REPSOL YPF S.A. and/or subsidiaries and/or affiliates. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that this information is complete or accurate and it should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to change without notice. > >