Re: dump reading

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:04:53 +0000
Message-ID: <7765c897041219130411b5d55e@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 11:12:55 -0800, Jared Still <jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Here would be a good place to start:
> http://www.actoug.org.au/Downloads/oracle_index_internals.pdf
>
> Also, google for it:
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22block+dump%22+site%3Ajlcomp.demon.co.uk&btnG=Search
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22block+dump%22+site%3Aixora.com.au&btnG=Search

Bear in mind the quote Norman Dunbar uses in his article on Jonathan Lewis' site (I assume it will come up in the search).

Quote from MetaLink : The capability to generate a formatted block dump is primarily intended for use by Oracle Support and Development. There is no externally published information available on interpreting the contents of a blockdump and the information is considered 'internal' information.

It is rare, but not unknown, to *require* the ability to understand a block dump.

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