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   From: leemorethomas@msn.com   
      
   This response seems ego driven   
   "Billy Verreynne"  wrote in message   
   news:1a75df45.0403161049.201206fb@posting.google.com...   
   > "Royco"  wrote   
   >   
   >    
   > > Are there any known bugs and workarounds in Multi Threaded Server   
   > > configurations which indicate problems with large inserts????   
   >   
   > This posting reminds me of a young scientist who caught a fly. He   
   > placed the fly on the lab table. He clapped his hands. The fly flew   
   > away. "Hearing. Excellent!" he wrote. He caught the fly again. Torn   
   > the fly's wings off and placed it on the table. He clapped his hands.   
   > The fly did not move. So he wrote in his lab notes "A fly without   
   > wings looses its ability to hear! Amazing!!".   
   >   
   > I.e. blaming your problems on MTS without providing a single shred of   
   > evidence or offering any kind of analysis results does not cut it.   
   >   
   > Processes do not hang. They do not get stuck at a machince code   
   > instruction and "hang" at that instuction.   
   >   
   > So even if it appears the car does not seem to be moving, the engine   
   > is still running. So you need to roll up your sleeves, pop the hood,   
   > and see what is happening inside. Is the car in gear? Is the car not   
   > maybe upside down? Did someone replace the fan with a Cessna 152 prop   
   > in an attempt to turn it into a plane?   
   >   
   > And yeah, this analogy is very apt when it comes to how some people   
   > insist on using Oracle.   
   >   
   > I.e. what does the wait events for that process say? What does the   
   > rows gotten, i/o reads/writes and other session stats say for that   
   > process? Have you enabled SQL tracing for that session when it appears   
   > to be hung? Have you had a look at operating system wait events?   
   >   
   > Or is this kneejerk re-action that MTS must be to blame typical of the   
   > investigative and troubleshooting skills of today's IT/Oracle   
   > professional?   
   >   
   > And yes dammit, I can do with anther mug of coffee. Or two...   
   >   
   > --   
   > Billy   
      
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