Re: How to break a database

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:35:37 -0500, Harry_Boswell wrote:

> Actually, What I want to do is test my backup and recovery procedures.
> So I'm wanting to come up with ways to break the database. There are
> obvious ways - delete a control file or redo log file, or just
> accidentally change some data. But are there other potential mishaps
> I could cause to occur to test the plans

You should know that Oracle RDBMS is unbreakable (TM). You can simulate corruption by editing a database file, or copying /dev/zero over a part of it.

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