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I am used to relay on tools for formatting and indenting SQL or PL/SQL code. Looking for the same for linux scripts (especially bash) I found the following code fmt.script #!/usr/bin/env perl # fmt.script - format scripts in awk, csh, ksh, perl, sh # # we do: # standardize indentation (an indent is one tab by default) # strip trailing whitespace # change ${var} to $var where possible # change ">x" to "> x" for shell scripts # change "[ ... ]" to "test ..." for Bourne shell scripts # # we may do someday, but these are harder: # convert $VAR to $var unless a setenv or default environment variable # possibly prepending stuff from template.sh # "if ... \nthen", for ... in\ndo", "while/until ... \ndo", "fn()\n{" # # to have fmt.script reformat itself (a fair test, yes?) try: # fmt.script fmt.script fmt.script.new # use tabs for indents # fmt.script -s4 fmt.script fmt.script.new # in

You should have an outgoing SMTP server IP to configure sending mail from the database. I already put it in the database server /etc/hosts as mailhost sqlplus / as sysdba @?/rdbms/admin/utlmail.sql @?/rdbms/admin/prvtmail.plb grant execute on UTL_MAIL to public; ALTER SYSTEM SET smtp_out_server = 'mailhost' scope=both; a simple example BEGIN UTL_MAIL.send(sender => 'Yossi@NixonIT.com', recipients => 'you@address.com', subject => 'Test Mail', message => 'Hello World', mime_type => 'text; charset=us-ascii'); END; / For further advanced options such as attachments see in this wiki

Data Pump import as sysdba and several indexes, the unix way .... impdp "'sys/dba as sysdba'" schemas=SCOTT INCLUDE=INDEX:\"in \(\'PK_DEPT\',\'EMPIDX\'\)\" directory=TMP_DIR dumpfile=scott.dmp job_name=importing_scott.log

ORA-600/ORA-7445 are generic internal error numbers for Oracle program exceptions. Sometimes these errors are unique for your specific problem and cannot be found via search engines. Using "ORA-600 lookup tool" may point your specific problem, faster and accurate. The tool can be found in ORA-600 lookup tool - Metalink Document ID 153788.1 The flowing video will guide you the usage of the LookUp Tool (11:12) - Metalink Document ID 1082674.1

Looking for installed patches on the database I have always used opatch lsinventory (since 9.2 and up) From CPUJan2006 onwards you can just query select * from registry$history; See Metalink Note:352783.1 for more information.

installing or upgrading on Ubuntu is not supported but can be done thanks to other bloggers it is well documented here https://lostinmac.com/2012/01/29/installtion-doracle-11gr2-sur-ubunutu-11-10/ thanks

before oracle 11.2 we should have do this steps: cd $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib make -f ins_rdbms.mk dv_off cd $ORACLE_HOME/bin relink all from now this is simpler and shorter cd %ORACLE_HOME%/bin chopt disable dv All options are written in the usage syntax: usage: chopt [enable|disable] {option} options: dm = Oracle Data Mining RDBMS Files dv = Oracle Database Vault option lbac = Oracle Label Security olap = Oracle OLAP partitioning = Oracle Partitioning rat = Oracle Real Application Testing

ADRCI & alert file In Oracle version 11, no need to look for the location of alert log file, just use: adrci exec="set home orcl ;show alert -tail -f" detailed practical usage can be found here