RE: oninit -i

Where I work we go from a different direction. We have a script which brings the database up. It takes care of some other house keeping stuff when it comes up... The result is the only time oninit is used from the command line is to initialize an instance Will >===== Original Message From Jacob Salomon <jakesalomon@my-deja.com> ===== >In article <8d70ke$p6q$1@news.xmission.com>, > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Domagoj Vilic <domagoj@fpz.hr> >> > >> >Can someone tell me what this command do, and how to repair that. >> >> It initialises your instance, and you "repair" it by restoring your >> backup. >> >> Count to ten, count to ten... > >Jake's $.02 US: > >When I was teaching the IDS Admin class @Informix, I used to preach to >people to NEVER use the -i option to oninit because it gets you used to >a dangerous procedure, especially if you are creating instances >frequently. One leedle mistake and you've just killed someone's server. >And wouldn'tchaknowit, this is the client that does not do regular >backups.. >-- >+----- Jacob Salomon - DBA JSalomon@bn.com - --------------------------+ >|------------------- Bulletin Board Announcement ----------------------| >| Congregants will please note that the bowl at the back of the church | >| bearing the sign "For the Sick" is for monetary contributions only. | >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy. ------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, as a free service from Opera Software, makers of the award-winning Web Browser, Opera. Visit us at http://www.opera.com/ or our portal at: http://www.myopera.com/ Your free e-mail account is waiting at: http://www.operamail.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------