July 2004
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
9h 32m
English
Control files hold the information about the redo logs and datafiles and the critical recovery information like online SCN and offline SCN of datafiles. While opening the database, the control file information is verified against the datafile header information, and the database is opened if both are in sync. Otherwise it will prompt for media recovery.
Control file dumps are usually taken to diagnose recovery-related problems. Part of the control file contents are visible in a few X$ views, such as those starting with X$KCC.
Following methods show how to dump the control file information.
In the following ALTER SESSION command, control file contents are dumped using level 10.
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