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Subject: Re: Redo Logfile  content- (A)SQL Statements OR (B)Modified Data Block OR (C)BOTH
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read the documentation, it's pretty clear on what's in the redo logs


--- Saminathan_Seerangan@i2.com wrote:
> Dear All DBAs,
> 
> I've a very basic doubt. I got size of 300MB archive
> redo logfile  for "one create table" statement.
> 
> What do we have in Redo Log File? 
> (A)SQL Statements OR (B)Modified Data Block OR (C)
> BOTH.
> 
> Kindly look at case study below.
> 
> Oracle 9iR2 Windows NT ARCHIVE LOG Mode
> ---------------------------------------
> 
> Tablespace info:-
> Name                                             : EXAMPLE
> Datafile Name                            : example01.dbf
> Extent_management                : LOCAL
> Allocation_type                          : SYSTEM
> Segment_Space_Management: AUTO
> Default Tablespace of            : HR
> 
> 1)Original example01.dbf datafile size 500MB;
> 
> 2)create table HR.T2 pctfree 99 pctused 1 as select *
> from dba_objects;
>                  (used PCTFREE 99 to increase the table size by
> absorbing more number of blocks)
> 
> 3)
> 
> SQL> select count(*) from t2;
> 
>   COUNT(*)
> ----------
>      38085
> 
> SQL> select bytes,blocks,extents from dba_segments
> where segment_name='T2' and  owner='HR';
> 
>      BYTES     BLOCKS    EXTENTS
> ---------- ---------- ----------
>  318767104      38912        109 
> 
> 
> 4)After table creation, example01.dbf datafile size
> becomes 800MB;
>                  (datafile size got increased because of Table T2
> creation)
> 
> 
> Q1) How much archive will be generated between step(1)
> and step(4). 
> (Assume that this is the only activity happened in the
> DB)
> 
> Here 60 number of 5MB archive files got
> generated(close to 300 MB). 
> 
> My question about Redo log file-->
> (A) Does it have actual modified blocks? OR 
> 
> OR
> 
> (B) Does it have just the stament which has been used
> to modify the datablocks?
>                  (Using LogMiner I see only statements)
> OR
> 
> (C) BOTH
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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