Hi Sten, yes, those online modules were some selected chapters from the "real" seminars. Note however that the online modules are recorded years and years ago, in the Oracle8i days. The "real" seminar series was updated to reflect 9i in 2002. In summary, the "real" seminars cover much more and are based on 9i as opposed to 8i. Well, certain things don't change with every release in Oracle :-) Lex. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Kyte Seminar: http://www.naturaljoin.nl/events/seminars.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Rognes, Sten [mailto:Sten.Rognes@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 20:04 To: 'lex.de.haan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: dump reading Hi Lex, I've noticed that Oracle has a series of "Insider's View to Dumps, Crashes, and Corruptions" classes with you as the instructor available online. Is the material covered in these online classes similar to the "Seminar Series for Oracle Server" ? Thanks, Sten -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lex de Haan Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 4:11 AM To: chupit@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: dump reading Hi Edgar, these seminars were developed in my team, when I was still in Oracle curriculum development. the first one is called "Dumps, Crashes, and Corruptions" and it goes in quite some detail about generating and interpreting block dumps. I still teach them every now and then, upon request ... Cheers, Lex. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Kyte Seminar: http://www.naturaljoin.nl/events/seminars.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edgar Chupit Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:55 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: dump reading One interesting note is that Oracle has seminar series called "Oracle9i Database: Seminar Series for Oracle Server" that will teach to dump and interpret block dumps. You can read more http://education.oracle.co.uk/html/oracle/1001/73/99/d16665gc10.htm -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l