[256] in Tooltime
helpit production database is up
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Wade Neiterman)
Sun Sep 22 14:49:13 1996
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 1996 14:50:38 +0100
To: tooltime@MIT.EDU
From: Steven Wade Neiterman <wade@MIT.EDU>
The export/import from test to production took an hour. Based on this, we
should be able to continue making changes to the test database and then
requeset database services to perform another transfer. Thus, earlier
thoughts on updating both database appear to not be an issue.
At the Tuesday team meeting, we can talk about a testing plan on the
production database. There are some staging components that still need to
be done (e.g SNS), which are on hold until an initial testing is complete.
I did a quick test on all three platforms. Aside from some known
application nits, I found the Macintosh screen to have some overlapping
fields with the new screen layout. The Unix version also had a few
problems. This brings out the fact that when making changes, we need to
test on all platforms.
I also found one amusing issue with print. When printing from a Macintosh,
you get a screen "dump", e.g. a picture of the screen field labels and
values. The Windows version executes the print code we wrote that displays
each field on a single line.
I have a new tnsnames.ora file, which is setup to access production. It
has the following new lines (if you wanted to add these to your
tnsnames.ora before getting the master copy).
helpus = (DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS=
(PROTOCOL=TCP)(PORT=1521)(HOST=help-them.mit.edu))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=HELPUS)
)
)
helpit = (DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS=
(PROTOCOL=TCP)(PORT=1521)(HOST=help-it.mit.edu))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=HELPIT)
)
..Steve
