Return-Path: Delivered-To: 2-oracle-l@orafaq.com Received: (qmail 24192 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2007 10:59:20 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by 69.64.49.119 with SMTP; 31 Jul 2007 10:59:20 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 7C00871B0C3; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:57:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18184-04; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:57:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id EF25A71AFFE; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:57:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:14:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 80AB271B1E9 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:14:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 07216-06 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:14:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.23]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B7D1371B415 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:14:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown-00-17-f2-33-47-67.lan (newstart2003.xs4all.nl [82.95.240.48]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-vbr3.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l6VFG7oK026539 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:16:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jg_dba@xs4all.nl) Message-ID: <46AF5206.3020504@xs4all.nl> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:15:18 +0200 From: Joop Gijsbers User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (Macintosh/20070716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "List, Oracle-l Freelists" Subject: Oracle as a "time machine" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-archive-position: 169 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: jg_dba@xs4all.nl Precedence: normal Reply-to: jg_dba@xs4all.nl List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain Today i got a (strange ?) question from some developers ,that they want in their developer database like to use Oracle " as a time machine": changing the current time of the database to some time in the future and then see houw some application parts react. One was telling me thet there was a possibility with an " alter system set.." command, something like " alter system set fixed_date ...." , but i had a quick look at Metalink and in the Oracle documentation and i can't find anything about that. I know there is some possiblity with manuplation with the system time (to the future, not to the past), but that is not the scenatio i like in this case (there are more instances/databases on that particular node). I appreciate some advice. -- Joop Gijsbers -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l