RE: Timestamps in trace files

From: Gudmundur Bjarni Josepsson <gbj_at_index.is>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:14:43 -0000
Message-Id: <25988.338996@fatcity.com>

Daniel,

Perhaps someone else can explain this better but the documentation I've got on this says that the Oracle kernel emits timestamps when a long time has elapsed since the last line was emitted to the trace file. Long time is defined as tens of seconds.

Gudmundur

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] On
> Behalf Of Daniel Fink
> Sent: 22. júlí 2003 21:19
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Timestamps in trace files
>
>
> I was perusing a 10046 trace file and I noticed that
> timestamps are written to the trace file. Sometimes they were
> very regular (3 minutes apart give or take 30 seconds) while
> other times they were hours apart. I have noticed that two
> timestamps are never written without any intervening
> activity. Anyone have any idea on the reasoning behind the
> timestamps and the 'triggering event'?
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