How to RTFM
Niall Litchfield
"It's very easy to say "RTFM", but what if the manual actually consists of
*** 23 *** Volumes (Oracle 8.1.7), some of them being 1000+ pages?
As a beginner, you sometimes even don't know where to look up."
Which isn't an entirely unreasonable comment. Fortunately Oracle Corporation
provide some excellent searchable documentation at
HTTP://TAHITI.ORACLE.COM . Putting keywords (say RENAME and TABLE) into this
search engine will often guide you to the relevant section of the
aforementioned FM.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Matthias Rogel
Oracle documentation is really excellent searchable, good stuff !!
Always find what I'm looking 4, thank U
MaRo
Richard Foote
It's all very well for people to suggest Read The French Manuals (RTFM) but
I can't help thinking it's not particularly helpful for us that could only
manage an 'E' in our French exams. I'm sure they are many others in this NG
that have little or no knowledge of French and yet the advice always seems
to be RTFM (not Read The English Manuals or Read The Spanish Manuals, etc.).
I can't help thinking this is all some strange conspiracy ...
Cheers ;)
Richard
"Niall Litchfield" <n-litc...@audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message
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Tim Kearsley
> Hi Niall,
>
> It's all very well for people to suggest Read The French Manuals (RTFM) but
> I can't help thinking it's not particularly helpful for us that could only
> manage an 'E' in our French exams. I'm sure they are many others in this NG
> that have little or no knowledge of French and yet the advice always seems
> to be RTFM (not Read The English Manuals or Read The Spanish Manuals, etc.).
>
> I can't help thinking this is all some strange conspiracy ...
>
> Cheers ;)
Well I never..... there's me thinking all these years that the "F"
stood for "Finnish" - spent months trawling round obscure bookshops
trying to get 'em! No wonder I've never learned anything.....
Tim Kearsley
Database Manager
Milton Keynes Council
David Fitzjarrell
heading for the Flemish Manuals ...
:)
David Fitzjarrell
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Daniel Morgan
One of my students just, as a present, handed me a copy of one of the Oracle Press books in Russian (she's from the
Ukraine). And I can suggest that people may RTRM too if need be. What I am looking for now is a Japanese or Chinese
version. Anyone know where I might obtain a copy?
Daniel Morgan
Norman Dunbar
So the 'F' stands for French. I was led to believe it had a more
'profane' usage. This would account for the time I went to our local
bookshop and asked for some "F'ing Manuals" to read - all I got was a
load of porn !!!
Cheers,
Norman.
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Database/Unix administrator
Lynx Financial Systems Ltd.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Foote [mailto:richar...@bigpond.com]
Posted At: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:40 AM
Posted To: server
Conversation: How to RTFM
Subject: Re: How to RTFM
Hi Niall,
It's all very well for people to suggest Read The French Manuals (RTFM)
<SNIP>
Brian Peasland
So if it is a Russian Immigrant manual, then can we ask to RTRIM??? Or,
if I want someone to just Look at The Russian Immigrant Manual, then
wouldn't it be LTRIM????
Cheers,
Brian
Pete Sharman
>
snip
>
>One of my students just, as a present, handed me a copy of one of the Oracle
>Press books in Russian (she's from the
>Ukraine). And I can suggest that people may RTRM too if need be. What I am
>looking for now is a Japanese or Chinese
>version. Anyone know where I might obtain a copy?
>
>Daniel Morgan
>
HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.
Pete
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Scott Mattes
:)
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Daniel Morgan
Actually I think Russian would be RTRIM and Soviet Union was LTRIM.
What with the Soviet Union being to the left and the Rusian Federation
being to the right: Relatively speaking.
Daniel Morganv
http://www.extension.washington.edu/extinfo/certprog/oad/oad_crs.asp
RK
I thought I knew what the 'F' stood for and started be reading the
KamaSutra. I'm still reading it. Havent come to the Oracle part of it
yet but have sure learned a lot about some other stuff...
-- rajXesh
Keld Nielsen
"RK" <raj...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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m...
So you haven't learnt all of the Fine stuff yet ?
Dusan Bolek
> I thought I knew what the 'F' stood for and started be reading the
> KamaSutra. I'm still reading it. Havent come to the Oracle part of it
> yet but have sure learned a lot about some other stuff...
Yeah, I've did the same. I must admit that the first part is much more
enjoyable (practice lessons were great) and in general much more
useful for everyday life than Oracle stuff.
However, I've had a problems with certification. Got only associate
and never reached the MASTER level.
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can call it an overture to bankruptcy) on that server. I'm still using
this email to prevent SPAM. Maybe one day I will change it and have a
proper mail even for news, but right now I can be reached by this
email.
Niall Litchfield
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> raj...@hotmail.com (RK) wrote in message
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> > I thought I knew what the 'F' stood for and started be reading the
> > KamaSutra. I'm still reading it. Havent come to the Oracle part of it
> > yet but have sure learned a lot about some other stuff...
>
> Yeah, I've did the same. I must admit that the first part is much more
> enjoyable (practice lessons were great) and in general much more
> useful for everyday life than Oracle stuff.
> However, I've had a problems with certification. Got only associate
> and never reached the MASTER level.
Do you not know, to get the MASTER level you have to demonstrate your skills
in an (ahem) hands on practical.
Howard J. Rogers
Stop it. Now!
HJR
"Niall Litchfield" <niall.li...@dial.pipex.com> wrote in message
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Paul Brewer
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> OK. Stop this sketch. It's just getting silly.
>
> Stop it. Now!
>
> HJR
>
hour?
Paul
Howard J. Rogers
...
HJR
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Dusan Bolek
Hey, we're not arguing yet!!!
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Dusan Bolek
> news:1e8276d6.02103...@posting.google.com...
> > raj...@hotmail.com (RK) wrote in message
> news:<548b9514.0210...@posting.google.com>...
> > > I thought I knew what the 'F' stood for and started be reading the
> > > KamaSutra. I'm still reading it. Havent come to the Oracle part of it
> > > yet but have sure learned a lot about some other stuff...
> >
> > Yeah, I've did the same. I must admit that the first part is much more
> > enjoyable (practice lessons were great) and in general much more
> > useful for everyday life than Oracle stuff.
> > However, I've had a problems with certification. Got only associate
> > and never reached the MASTER level.
>
> Do you not know, to get the MASTER level you have to demonstrate your skills
> in an (ahem) hands on practical.
Hands? Not mentioning other parts ...
I hadn't problem with practical classes, got pretty good scores.
However lector told me that for master I need to attend two advanced
classes. :-)
Mike Ault
My books have been translated into German, Japanese and Chinese (RTGM,
RTJM and RTCM).
Mike
Daniel Morgan
Yes it is.
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Thanks. I will let my students know.
Daniel Morgan
Norman Dunbar
No it isn't !
We seem to have moved on from Pink Floyd to Monty Python now then :o)
Joel Garry
http://www.oracle.com/lang/cn/ :-)
>
> Daniel Morgan
Maybe some of these guys know:
http://www.tgpconsulting.com/translators.htm#Oriental-Lange
And of course, the useless answer:
ORAINFONAV_DOCPATH Environment Variable on Unix
The ORAINFONAV_DOCPATH environment variable should be set to the
location of the online manuals, on Unix platforms. The default value
for this environment variable is set to the location of the American
English version of the online manuals
($ORACLE_HOME/doc60/admin/manuals/US). For Japanese version of the
online manuals, set the ORAINFODOC_DOCPATH environment variable to the
following value:
$ORACLE_HOME/doc60/admin/manuals/JA
jg
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HJR
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Joel Garry
> did someone forget the end loop?
There is no end loop in usenet protocol, Godwin notwithstanding.
jg
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