Re: ora-1555 not in alert log?

Joel Garry wrote:
>
> I have a client/server odbc application (packaged from a vendor, no
> source) which returned an 'ORA-01555: snapshot too old: rollback
> segment number 7 with name "RBS08" too small' error. However, that
> error is not in the alert log? I see log switches subsequent to that
> time. 8.1.7 on hp/ux, a well-tuned production instance that has no
> errors besides expected ones from the standby db being down. SMON
> left a trace file indicating it cleaned up after problem, taking 70
> minutes to do so.
>
> I can understand the ora 1555, as some unusual processing is taking
> place as I try do some ETL while others are doing big processing, but
> what concerns me is why the error is not in the alert log. Yes, I've
> triple-checked the dates and instances, it happened today on the
> instance whose alert log I looked at.
>
> jg
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You could presumably set an event to dump a trace when it happens

hth
connor

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