Mark Bole wrote: >... > >If they're still using svrmgrl with 9i, I'd count that against them! > >I hope the 30 minutes includes installing Linux and Oracle, otherwise >I'd only give them 20 minutes. ;-) > >-Mark Bole > > > I am using svrmgrl as an alias for sqlplus "/ as sysdba". I was making my mind between "svrmgrl" and "sqldba", but decided that a good alias must not reveal its purpose and that the name should be utterly mysterious. I do agree with on that point, though. Of course, I hope that nobody will figure out that I was shamelessly bragging? -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA Ext. 121 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l