From carmichr@hotmail.com Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:24:02 -0700 From: "Rachel Carmichael" Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:24:02 -0700 Subject: Re: database consistency tools ? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Jared, having been a sybase dba (I know, forgive me for straying)... we ran dbcc a lot. Oracle equivalent (poor equivalent) would be "analyze table validate structure" maybe? Rachel >From: Jared.Still@radisys.com >Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >Subject: Re: database consistency tools ? >Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:37:04 -0800 > > > >Maya, > >I'm not a Sybase DBA, but I play one on TV. > >Just kidding, I took the Sybase DBA and replication courses last year. > >I was a little surprised at the emphasis placed on dbcc. When asked about >the Oracle equivalent, my reply was 'We don't have that problem'. > >Seriously, the type of error you're talking about correcting is really >rather rare. > >I've personally only experienced it a few times. It's almost always been >an index >block in my case, and that is corrected by dropping and recreating the >index. > >Don't worry about it unless you get ORA-1578 errors. > >Jared > > > > > "Maya Kenner" > list ORACLE-L > rema.com> cc: > Sent by: Subject: database consistency >tools ? > root@fatcity.c > om > > > 08/30/01 03:45 > AM > Please respond > to ORACLE-L > > > > > > >Hello, > >Excuse me for this maybe dummy question, I am new at Oracle and coming from >Sybase world, I subscribed to this list 1 week ago. If my question is >answered somewhere in archived place, please feel free to direct me to this >place. > >I am looking for Oracle built-in tools to check/verify consistency of the >db/tables/indexes etc... > >Sybase provides a set of tools to verify/check/repair the >database/tables/indexes logical and physical consistency called dbcc . >This will allow to check allocation structures , page and object linkage >(sybase page is equivalent to an oracle block and an object is a >table,index,view...). > >To say that in Oracle words, the tools will verify that the oracle >block(s)/extent(s) which are allocated to an object is/are effectively >allocated to this object and that the different blocks/extents(s) are >correctly linked together. > >Does this make sense to you ? > >Thanks, Maya > > > > > > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: > INET: Jared.Still@radisys.com > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: carmichr@hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).