Re: Oracle ping

"Greg Sabino Mullane" <[email protected]>
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> I rather strongly disagree. It is possible to do useful work over a 
> connection in situations when a 'simple select' is not possible. 
> My production Oracle database is protected by a physical standby database.

Ah, well in that case I withdraw my previous statement.

> However it is not possible to select from any table. 
> SELECT 1 FROM DUAL will fail.

Ah, so Oracle still requires an actual table? Thought they might 
have joined the rest of us by now in allowing things like 
'SELECT 2+2;' :)

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