Re: Load Indicator?

Brian Peasland <peasland_at_usgs.gov> wrote:

> A Metalink account (http://metalink.oracle.com) requires a CSI which you
> get when you pay for a support contract. Like I said, a quick search
> found that there were at least 3 bugs noted for your problem. I did not
> dig too much further to found out more about the bugs. Sorry. There may
> or may not be a patch which fixes the bug. Which version of Oracle 8i?
> If you are using 8.1.5 or 8.1.6, then an upgrade to a higher version
> (8.1.7) may fix your problem, or it may not.

I hopped on metalink using a support contract from work. I saw the reports. Curiously enough, after drilling down for a bit, Oracle's suggested work around is to filter the load indicator messages out of the alert logs. That's pretty funny!

I am planning on upgrading my 8.1.5 database sometime in the future. Hopefully, sometime in the next couple of weeks/months, I'll be able to get a second system that I can play around with different versions, upgrade paths, etc. I'm a little hesitant to upgrade on the current system as I'm running my time tracking system off of it (oracle/perl/ cgi app). I'd be a bit bummed if that were unavailable for any length of time...

Thanks again for the responses and help. I appreciate it.

Doug

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Douglas K. O'Leary
Senior System Administrator
dkoleary_at_mediaone.net