RE: slightly OT - Database Crashed

I've heard of stranger things before.=20

Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle DBA
Oracle Certified 8i DBA
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From: Jonathan Gennick [mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com]=20 Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:02 AM To: rjamya
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Subject: Re: slightly OT - Database Crashed

Try this link:

http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3D134005&op=3DReply&threshold=3D1&= comme
ntsort=3D0&tid=3D128&mode=3Dthread&pid=3D11185556

Assuming the source is credible, the problem has nothing to do w/Oracle. Interesting problem though, a hard limit on the number of changes...

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Monday, December 27, 2004, 7:44:31 AM, rjamya (rjamya_at_gmail.com) wrote:

r> /. is running a story on how a crew assignment system using old
r> version of Informix and tuxedo TPS system crashed, grounding a lot of
r> passangers. Something to do with rollback segments ...
r> http://it.slashdot.org/it/04/12/26/052212.shtml?tid=3D128&tid=3D126

r> Some on this list might find that curious tho' ...

r> Happy Holidays
r> Raj=20
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