Re: Internal data structures visualization?

If you can get access to Oracle7 Server Concepts - it has a fairly good description of the internals of the database. The newer the version, the better written the book is.

-Sheilah Scheurich
DBA Helmut Stöcklin wrote:

> I am reading Rama Velpuri's Handbook about Oracle Backup
> and recovery (version 7 ).
> With regard to the internal datastructures recovery depends on
> ( like change vectors, SCNs, block version numbers, datafile
> headers to just name a few ) the book goes into quite some
> detail.
> However, to be honest, being relatively new to
> Oracle Server, I got lost somehow. I think there's quite some
> room for improvement of the book regarding visualization of
> all the datastructures used.
> Can somebody help me here, by giving a pointer to documentation,
> books or the like? As far as I have found the official
> documentation set doesn't even mention many of the structures
> I am seeking further explanation for.
> Any help would be really appreciated.
>
> Helmut
Received on Wed Jan 14 1998 - 00:00:00 CST