Flashback Versions Query

The flashback versions query is another new feature introduced with the 10g Database that will allow you to retrieve a history of changes for a specified set of rows within a table. This new feature expands the flashback query technology first introduced in Oracle 9i. Instead of specifying a time or SCN to enable flashback query for analysis, you can now use the VERSIONS_BETWEEN clause to retrieve all the versions of a specified set of rows that exist or ever existed between the time the query was issued and a point back in time that you must specify. The VERSIONS_BETWEEN clause eliminates the need to flashback in time to review historical row modifications over time.

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