Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h45IrKU18521 for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 13:53:20 -0500 X-ClientAddr: 209.68.248.164 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h45IrJA18516 for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 13:53:20 -0500 Received: from fatcity.com (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id JAA73934; Mon, 5 May 2003 09:28:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 0058F8D6; Mon, 05 May 2003 08:06:58 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 08:06:58 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Subject: couchman doubt Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello list, I am preparing for the 031 exam for Oracle 9i I had a doubt in the following question asked by the couchman book : Q. You want to find out the current sequence number stored in your control file for backup purposes. Which two of the following views would you query? A*. V$DATABASE B . V$CONTROLFILE C . V$PARAMETER D*. V$CONTROLFILE_RECORD_SECTION My doubt : what sequence number is he asking for ? I can get the current log sequence number from v$controlfile_record_section by : select type , last_recid from v$controlfile_record_section where type = 'LOG HISTORY' ; There are other sequence numbers in v$database but why would I need the : CHECKPOINT_CHANGE# OR CONTROLFILE_SEQUENCE# for backup ( thats what the question asks ) . I cannot understand his answer of 'A' and 'D' both. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: