Re: archive log curr v. switch logfile

That's exactly, what I meant (besides the fact, that "alter system archive log current" will return only after Archiver is done archiving "current" log).

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
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>
>
> SQL> alter system archive log current;
> alter system archive log current
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-00258: manual archiving in NOARCHIVELOG mode must identify log
>
>
> 1* alter system archive log current to '/tmp/dummy.log'
> SQL> /
> alter system archive log current to '/tmp/dummy.log'
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-00258: manual archiving in NOARCHIVELOG mode must identify log
>
>
> SQL> !oerr ora 258
> 00258, 00000, "manual archiving in NOARCHIVELOG mode must identify log"
> // *Cause: The database is in NOARCHIVELOG mode and a command to manually
> // archive a log did not specify the log explicitly by sequence
> // number, group number or filename.
> // *Action: Specify log by filename, by group number or by thread and
> // sequence number.
>
>
>
> SQL> select * from v$log;
> #:-)
>
> GROUP# THREAD# SEQUENCE# BYTES MEMBERS ARC STATUS
> ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --- ---------------
-
> FIRST_CHANGE# FIRST_TIM
> ------------- ---------
> 4 1 9006 67108864 1 NO CURRENT
> 1262712302 29-MAR-02
>
> 5 1 9004 67108864 1 YES INACTIVE
> 1262692183 29-MAR-02
>
> 6 1 9005 67108864 1 YES INACTIVE
> 1262692291 29-MAR-02
>
>
> SQL> alter system archive log group 4 to '/tmp/dummy.log';
> alter system archive log group 4 to '/tmp/dummy.log'
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-00259: log 4 of open thread 1 is the current log, cannot archive
> ORA-00312: online log 4 thread 1: '/db02/oracle/oradata/CCC/redo04.log'
>
>
> SQL> alter system archive log group 5 to '/tmp/dummy.log';
> alter system archive log group 5 to '/tmp/dummy.log'
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-16013: log 5 sequence# 9004 does not need archiving
> ORA-00312: online log 5 thread 1: '/db02/oracle/oradata/CCC/redo05.log'
>
>
> Igor Neyman wrote:
> >
> > Will "alter system archive log current" work, if the database is not in
> > "archive" mode?
> >
> > Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
> > ineyman_at_perceptron.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
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> > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 11:23 AM
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me the difference between
> > > alter system archive log current
> > > and
> > > alter system switch logfile
> > >
> > > (Seems they both perform checkpoint and both switch a log file).
> > > Is one preferred over the other for purposes of switching log files
prior
> > to
> > > applying to a standby database?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any insights.
> > >
> > > Barb
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