[SGVLUG] Are there any oracle gurus on this list?

[Michael Proctor-Smith]

On 8/30/05, Max Clark <max at clarksys.com> wrote:

> Why would you answer a question that you have "no idea about"? There is
> not a _real_ database on the planet that you have to take offline to 
> backup.
> 
> Ya, while I probable should not answer question I do not no the answer to, 
why do you have to start with the real_database crap, there are lots of 
databases that you can not have active writes going on and have a consistant 
backup. So you have to lock the database to prevent writes while the backup 
happens. As far as I am concerned that is offline as the database is 
nolonger fully functional.
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