I don¹t know the answer to your question, but it reminds of something that happened 14 years ago on a project running Oracle v6.0.x on DEC VAX/VMS... While we were debugging some situation or another, my colleague, who was Turkish, turned to me and stated, ³You Americans are *so* materialistic!². Surprised, I laughed and asked her where that comment had come from (I didn¹t disagree, but it was quite a non-sequitor). She waved at the VT100 amber-screen and pointed out all the dollar signs: the VMS command-prompt (i.e. ³$²), the names of the V$ views in Oracle, the names of the VMS system-call functions (i.e. ³SYS$² and "RMS$"), etc... Guilty, I guess... :-) ...interestingly (and ironically, I think), she is now a senior director (possibly VP) with Oracle Support in Orlando FL. Fast learner. Certainly faster than me... on 3/5/04 7:41 AM, Keith Moore at kmoore7@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I teach Oracle certification classes at a local college and a student asked me > a question that has me stumped. We were talking about the V$ views and he > asked: How do DBA's in Germany query the views when they don't have a $ on > their keyboards? > > Thanks. > > Keith Moore > Oracle Certified Professional > 972-431-5126 > kmoore7@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, > you are hereby notified that your access is unauthorized, and any review, > dissemination, distribution or copying of this message including any > attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient, please contact the sender and delete the material from any > computer. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------