No timestamps for redolog switches on Windohs?

Hey all,

As I'm migrating two DBs from 8.1.7.4.0 to 9.2.0.7.0 (+Jan2006 patch), I see that the alert.log for the new 9i database has no timestamps for the redolog changes, unlike other DBs we have. The main differences between this and other DBs I have are:

1. These DBs are on Windohs; others are on Unix/Linux.
2. These DBs are NOT in ARCHIVELOG mode (as per SLA/EULA -- don't ask).

I would normally just fire up another DB and put it into archivelog mode to see if the alert.log would have timestamps, but I don't have a box free to try this on.

Thoughts?

Rich

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