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Jared,
having been a sybase dba (I know, forgive me for straying)... we ran dbcc a lot.
Oracle equivalent (poor equivalent) would be "analyze table validate structure" maybe?
Rachel
>From: Jared.Still_at_radisys.com
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>Subject: Re: database consistency tools ?
>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 15:37:04 -0800
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>Maya,
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>I'm not a Sybase DBA, but I play one on TV.
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>Just kidding, I took the Sybase DBA and replication courses last year.
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>I was a little surprised at the emphasis placed on dbcc. When asked about
>the Oracle equivalent, my reply was 'We don't have that problem'.
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>Seriously, the type of error you're talking about correcting is really
>rather rare.
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>I've personally only experienced it a few times. It's almost always been
>an index
>block in my case, and that is corrected by dropping and recreating the
>index.
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>Don't worry about it unless you get ORA-1578 errors.
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>Jared
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>Hello,
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>Excuse me for this maybe dummy question, I am new at Oracle and coming from
>Sybase world, I subscribed to this list 1 week ago. If my question is
>answered somewhere in archived place, please feel free to direct me to this
>place.
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>I am looking for Oracle built-in tools to check/verify consistency of the
>db/tables/indexes etc...
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>Sybase provides a set of tools to verify/check/repair the
>database/tables/indexes logical and physical consistency called dbcc .
>This will allow to check allocation structures , page and object linkage
>(sybase page is equivalent to an oracle block and an object is a
>table,index,view...).
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>To say that in Oracle words, the tools will verify that the oracle
>block(s)/extent(s) which are allocated to an object is/are effectively
>allocated to this object and that the different blocks/extents(s) are
>correctly linked together.
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>Does this make sense to you ?
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>Thanks, Maya
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-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: carmichr_at_hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Thu Aug 30 2001 - 19:24:02 CDT
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