Re: Help a new DBA

I think you need to read the menu a little bit more. Just for your reference (since most of others posts had answer your question concerning "dump"), if you want to know what version of Oracle you are using. Query the v$version view.

Winnie
Certified DBA

Dave Rhodes wrote in message <01be026e$ea1a41c0$1300a8c0_at_peterb>...
>Hi
>Hope someone can help me. I was on a Oracle training course last week, and
>now I've been made into DBA (prior to the course, I'd never seen or used
>Oracle) so I'm a bit bewildered by everything at the moment.
>
>I've been asked to create a 'dump' of our database. Can anyone tell me
>what this means, and more importantly what I need to do.
>
>Do I have to use EXP73 and export something, or is this something I do with
>SVRMGR? (That's all I've managed to find out about so far)
>
>I'm using Oracle 7.x (I don't know what version)
>
>Thanks in advance
>Dave
Received on Wed Oct 28 1998 - 00:00:00 CST