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Greetings.

We are running Oracle 8i client on Windows NT, 95 and 2000 and it doesn't
matter which...it seems to constantly get Dr Watsons.  Any one else
experiencing similar problems or know of any patches?

For example, almost every time someone does a DESCRIBE in SQL*Plus, it
Dr Watsons.

Thanks,
Bill

Sounds like a memory problem.  A DESCRIBE has to access the DATA DICTIONARY.
The DATA DICTIONARY is contained in memory or SGA.  A wild quess would be
that you are running out of memory when you do a DESCRIBE as it pulls the
information that you need out of the DATA DICTIONARY.

Also, try checking http://technet.oracle.com  It is free to anyone who wants
to join.

Christopher

Quote:> Greetings.

> We are running Oracle 8i client on Windows NT, 95 and 2000 and it doesn't
> matter which...it seems to constantly get Dr Watsons.  Any one else
> experiencing similar problems or know of any patches?

> For example, almost every time someone does a DESCRIBE in SQL*Plus, it
> Dr Watsons.

> Thanks,
> Bill

This won't do.  Dr Watson produces log files describing the error.  Any
chance of you including some of the information it includes??  Checked the
Event Viewer lately?  Got any error numbers for us??

Considered checking the, er-humph, Microsoft Knowledge Base for the relevant
error message?

The poster suggesting this is a memory error is .... well, how wrong can you
be??????????  The point is: it's impossible to diagnose unless you tell us
the symptoms.  And this post doesn't come anywhere near being an accurate
description of symptoms.

Tell us more.
HJR

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Quote:> Greetings.

> We are running Oracle 8i client on Windows NT, 95 and 2000 and it doesn't
> matter which...it seems to constantly get Dr Watsons.  Any one else
> experiencing similar problems or know of any patches?

> For example, almost every time someone does a DESCRIBE in SQL*Plus, it
> Dr Watsons.

> Thanks,
> Bill