RE: Shutdown Abort

  • From: Carel-Jan Engel <cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:15:06 +0200

>From //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/04-2005/msg00809.html :



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> From: Connor McDonald <mcdonald.connor@xxxxxxxxx> 
>       * To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>       * Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:02:34 +0800
> Its the old fear of the word "abort".  If Oracle had done the right
> thing from day 1 and named
> 
> shutdown as "60 minute pause"
> shutdown immediate as "shutdown slow"
> shutdown abort as "shutdown fast"
> 
> well, we all know what everyone would be using
> 
> :-)



Best regards,

Carel-Jan Engel

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On Tue, 2007-07-03 at 11:18 -0700, Allen, Brandon wrote:

> I think a lot of people are just scared of the word "abort", no matter
> how you explain it.  Perhaps they'd be less resistant if it was changed
> to something less frightening like "shutdown norollback", or "shutdown
> immediate_and_i_really_mean_immediate" :)
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Wilton
> 
> I am really surprised and disappointed by the wild theoretical
> conjecture that accompanies the steadfast resistance to 'abort'.
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