Re: Overlapping checkpoint question?

On 9 Dec 2003 20:23:45 -0800, domenicg_at_hotmail.com (Domenic G.) wrote:

>This may seem like a dumb question, but when a checkpoint runs, does
>it keep running until all the dirty buffers are flushed down, even the
>ones that become dirty while the checkpoint is running -- OR, does the
>checkpoint only flush what was dirty when it started (ie, <= SCN).
>
>So if a checkpoint is issued before a previous checkpoint completes,
>do they queue up, or does Oracle simply ignore the 2nd checkpoint?
>
>Dom.

They queue up

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