Yes, I know. And now Oracle have messed it about and gone their own way with it. But when someone wants to know how to implement OFA on an Oracle installation, they go with the Oracle party line on OFA, if they want a quiet life, however much this may offend the purity of the original concept. Yes? Paul Vincent Oracle DBA (but not quite *that* dim) UCE Birmingham > -----Original Message----- > From: Carel-Jan Engel [mailto:cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 08 August 2006 15:09 > To: Paul.Vincent@xxxxxxxxx > Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Inheriting a "interesting" recovery process > > JFYI: Cary 'invented' OFA. > > Regards, Carel-Jan > > === > If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) === > > > > So I don't know which OFA spec Cary's referring to - his > link was to a > > document dated 1995, so I think I'd be more inclined to put > my faith > > in the Oracle publication from June 2006. Or is it a case of "well, > > there's OFA, then there's OFA..."? > > > > Paul Vincent > > Oracle DBA (but not a very hot one) > > UCE Birmingham > > > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l