Re: Oracle 8i archived log directory

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 22:47:34 +0200
Message-ID: <dfs6puk81i6a6vhlpjek5psbp9m5i9ilko@4ax.com>

On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:30:00 -0400, "Harry Sheng" <hsheng_at_innovance.com> wrote:

>My Oracle8i is running in archivelog mode, is it possible to use /dev/null
>as the ARCHIVE_DEST ?
>How to get it work ?
>

If you want to turn of archive logging (and be toast when something happens) why don't you do it the *proper* way? (shutdown immediate; startup mount; alter database noarchivelog; alter database open; take a cold backup) Or do you just enjoy hacking yourself to a 'solution'

Regards

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Thu Sep 26 2002 - 15:47:34 CDT