Steve Don't sell it to them based on making your life easier. Sell it to them based on reducing failures. Because you can predict what will happen better. Then you look more proactive. Woops . . . did I say that? Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Wales, Stephen (RTSI) Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 3:27 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Next Extent Failure Notification for Locally Managed Tablespaces We were thinking about that. Might have to try to test it out on the = development database and get some timing. Because if downtime is going = to be excessive then I'll have a hard time selling it to management just = to that I can make my life a little easier from a monitoring = perspective.=20 Thanks to all who threw input at this topic. Steve -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Niall Litchfield Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:03 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Next Extent Failure Notification for Locally Managed Tablespaces Guang's idea would work perfectly well without recreating the database. I don't think that you can avoid downtime though. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------