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Yaa I knew it and I am using it. But my problem is that the USERPROFILE%\My Documents\<folder-name> is hardcoded in xml. I want an environmentvariable in place of %USERPROFILE%. Thanks shantanu

Hi Gurus, I 've an application which gets files from my documents folder. The location is stored in a Xml file as %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\<folder-name> But problem comes when I redirect that folder. Is there any environment variable to get redirected My Documents folder location(instead of...

Hi Kaul, SaveAsAscii() is a datawindow function and not datawindowchild function. I think you are trying to use it for a child datawindow of a composite report. If that is the case then make another datawindow object on the window (tabular etc. and not composite) which is same to child...

Hi guys , i finally made it... thax sem and others for helpful tips..... I stopped the report server first change it to manual start and then installed 8i.... now both are working OK... Thanx again.. [bigcheeks] shantanu

Thanks sani and sem.... I exactly did that... I first installed the report server .. then installed the oracle 8i client ... but after restarting the machine the report server didn't start... I went to services and made an attempt to start report server but failed to do so.... however, oracle...

Hi, by running at a time I mean that I when I install Oracle 8i, Report server doesn't start... I 've to remove Oracle 8i to get report server running...... bye Shantanu

Hi All, Can anyone please tell me how can I install Oracle 8i and Oracle report Server 6i on the same machine. I tried several times but only one of them is running at a time. I used different oracle home and different directories for installation. Please help.. Shantanu

Hi Buddies, we have a dos script which is used for taking nt backup. A single batch file calls many other batch files by using call command. One such batch script is for taking backup on tape. Because of hardware problem sometimes the backup doesn't happens and the batch file stops executing...

Hey guys I got the answer from a site: Decreasing size of column (which contains data) Let's say you want to decrease ENAME from VARCHAR2(10) to VARCHAR2(7) Oracle allows you to increase the size of a column but does not allow you to decrease the size of a column. Here's a way to decrease the...

Tapes are almost 2 years old. Tape head is cleaned in almost 2 months. I want to write a script that can log the error if tape ejects and continue with other steps(i.e. starting Oracle) in my backup process. Any help. [noevil] shantanu

Hi All , we are getting some problem while taking backup. The &quot;Application&quot; error message that keeps coming and repeated all the day long is: &quot;NetWorker media: (critical) backup to pool 'Default' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)&quot; we 've written batch scripts to take...

Hi, thanx for reply Pete... we 've written batch scripts to take backup. The backup is cold backup and we have scheduled it in night. Our automatic backup has these steps 1. oracle export 2. oracle shutdown 3. copy 1 above and all datafiles to disc 4. copy 1 above and all datafiles to tape 5...

Hi , I think you can easily schedule backup jobs by using 'at' command at command prompt. [2thumbsup] shantanu

Hi All :-D , we are getting some problem while taking backup. The &quot;Application&quot; error message that keeps coming and repeated all the day long is: &quot;NetWorker media: (critical) backup to pool 'Default' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)&quot; I have checked export log and...

Hi Gurus, I want to decrease size of a not null column of a table from 7 to 6. We have 70,000 rows in that table and in each row column length is always 6. How can we decrease the size of column. I thought exporting the table data, then deleting all the rows from the table,then decreasing the...