Re: Archive log compress

From: michael ngong <mngong_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 5 Mar 2003 12:41:33 -0800
Message-ID: <ecf365d5.0303051241.7d7b3426_at_posting.google.com>


badrinathn_at_yahoo.com wrote in message news:<f643a33e.0303040857.34870964_at_posting.google.com>...
> Archive log question
> Hi,
>
> I have a question on Archive logs. I am compressing the archive logs
> with a cron job. What will happen if arch process has just started to
> create a new file and the compress cron job start compressing it.
>
> As the arch file being written has compressed, will the oracle write
> to a different arch file or will it hang and fail.
>
> Badrinath

I do a similar thing,i.e delete all files older than x days and compress the rest which may expose the files to the situation you just mentioned.
YET to run into any issues like hanging or failing Michael Tubuo Ngong Received on Wed Mar 05 2003 - 21:41:33 CET

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