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Help on finding database [message #74666]

Tue, 01 February 2005 09:22

Bruce Mapes
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Registered: February 2005

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I know this is strange but I am volunteering at a place where they have an application that uses an Oracle database. They have a lot of stuff on the server and I am trying to locate a particular database. What file extension would the Oracle database data file have. Such as MS Access has .mdb.

Thanks for your help and understanding,

Bruce Mapes

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Re: Help on finding database [message #74671 is a reply to message #74666]

Wed, 02 February 2005 00:45

Frank Naude
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Hi,

Oracle data files normally have '*.dbf' extensions. However, it entirely depends on the site's standards and the DBA that created them.

Best regards.

Frank

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Re: Help on finding database [message #74673 is a reply to message #74666]

Wed, 02 February 2005 01:46

Mahesh Rajendran
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as frank said, it can be anything and it can be anywhere.
My datafiles never have an extension.
only find out the Physical OS files that are attached to a database is to login to the database and query the dictionary.

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