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Database archivelog mode [message #369335] Thu, 17 August 2000 16:26 Go to next message
Gerard Vaz
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Registered: September 1999
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I have come across the following in the Oracle Certified Professional DBA Certiication Exam Guide Chapter: Physical Recovery Without Archiving) --

'If the DBA was in a pinch and none of the other options were available, such as in the situation where the instance was shut down, the DBA may look in the control file to determine the archiving status of the database as well.'

The author does not go into details of how this can be
accomplished and so I was wondering if anyone could explain how this is possible given the fact that the control file is in binary format.
Re: Database archivelog mode [message #369342 is a reply to message #369335] Mon, 21 August 2000 04:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jaco
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Registered: August 2000
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You can use the STINGS command to see what's in the controlfile
Re: Database archivelog mode [message #369343 is a reply to message #369335] Mon, 21 August 2000 04:15 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jaco
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Registered: August 2000
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You can use the STRINGS command to see what's in the controlfile
Re: Database archivelog mode [message #369349 is a reply to message #369343] Tue, 22 August 2000 20:06 Go to previous message
Girodaon
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Registered: August 2000
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You should mention that STRINGS is only avaible on UNIX-OS's and not on NT
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