Re: Delete of child-entry locks father-table

From: Matthias Hoys <anti_at_spam.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 21:22:05 +0100
Message-ID: <4575d4ec$0$21502$ba620e4c@news.skynet.be>

"DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message news:1165288745.756008_at_bubbleator.drizzle.com...
> Matthias Hoys wrote:

>> "Michael Austin" <maustin_at_firstdbasource.com> wrote in message 
>> news:n9Jch.7045$wc5.722_at_newssvr25.news.prodigy.net...
>>> HerbertMue wrote:
>>>
>>>> Primarily we are using Oracle 9.2.0.1.
>>>> And this problem occurrence at Oracle 9i.
>>>> But we are also using 8.1.7 (there I have not tested this feature so
>>>> far)
>>>>
>>> You do realize that you are running years-old software.  Oracle dropped 
>>> support for both of these versions years ago and will desupport ALL of 
>>> 9i come Jul-2007. Upgrade to something more current.  It still boggles 
>>> my mind how you can run your business on stuff this old - I guess you 
>>> and your management care very little for your data.
>>>
>>> From Metalink:
>>> Support Status
>>>     For details of 9.2.0 desupport dates see the Lifetime Support Policy
>>>     Note that Premier Support for 9.2 ends July 2007
>>>     9.2.0.8 Current (terminal) 9.2 Patch Set
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Michael Austin.
>>> Database Consultant
>>
>> True.
>> I work in Belgium, and you would be amazed how many Oracle 8i instances 
>> are still running out there :-) Probably some 7.3.4's too ! Upgrading to 
>> recent versions only costs money is the general idea behind it I think.
>>
>>
>> Matthias
>

> I would be here were it not for the little thing called "the law."

>

> The cost of not complying with Sarbanes-Oxley, FACTA, etc. is far higher
> than the cost of upgrading. And, at least in the US, the accounting
> firms have often refused to sign off on a financial statement unless
> proof of auditability and compliance were in verified.

>

> Doesn't Basel II affect Belgium?
> --
> Daniel A. Morgan
> University of Washington
> damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
> (replace x with u to respond)
> Puget Sound Oracle Users Group
> www.psoug.org

About Basel II : I never worked for a bank company so I really couldn't tell (maybe some of my belgian fellow-DBA's ?).

Matthias Received on Tue Dec 05 2006 - 14:22:05 CST