Tim, Around the time of the log entry, the sysadmin was testing some backup scripts. its entirely possible that a nonsensical command of "oracle" was executed. it has not been repeated, and I was kinda hoping for a cheap laugh with it. back to trolling on c.d.o.s ... Paul On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 01:09:29 -0600, Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This indeed is someone simply typing "oracle" at the OS prompt. > > Consider a clump of stem cells thrown together with no instructions (i.e. no > parameters) on what to become? Certainly, if one is capable of doing > absolutely anything, one needs at least some direction? > > ...where was I???? Oh yeah... > > As with stem cells, so too the multi-talented Oracle executable, which can > assume any of the dozens of identities in a database instance, given any or > some meaningful parameters. > > Else, it just ends up as a mess in the "alert.log"... > > > > > on 10/26/04 3:03 PM, Paul Drake at bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > This is not a joke, it really occurred. > > > > Tue Oct 19 22:40:19 2004 > > Errors in file /opt/oracle/admin/fred/bdump/fred_ora_30002.trc: > > ORA-00600: internal error code, arguments: [12235], [], [], [], [], [], [], > > [] > > > > and this is the corresponding doc in metalink via the ORA-600 Lookup tool: > > > > Doc ID: Note:33174.1 > > Subject: ORA-600 [12235] "Oracle process has no purpose in life !" > > > > > > Now, I can understand it heckling me, that I have no purpose in life > > ... but an Oracle process? > > > > perplexed and confused. > > > > Al Frankenstein > > -- > > > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l