On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 04:09:07AM +1100, Pete Sharman wrote: > It seems people try to use this as a cheap way to provide DR and HA in one > foul swoop. Forgive the non-techie aside, I had never heard the foul ref before, though it is reported to be in common usage. So, what you're saying is that RAC for DR purposes is a "Paddy Martin?" http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fel1.htm "All my pretty ones? Did you say all? O hell-kite! All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop?" http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/ozwords/October_96/6._betty.htm "...one fell swoop has now been Betty Martined to 'at (orin) one foul swoop because the meaning of fell has largely been lost." http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=one+foul+swoop -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l