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RE: How does one manually corrupt a database (database file, redo logs and backups)

From: Kevin Closson <kevinc_at_polyserve.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 08:27:52 -0700
Message-ID: <5D2570CAFC98974F9B6A759D1C74BAD0E5AF08@ex2.ms.polyserve.com> 




 >>>> On Solaris:




>>>[...]

>>>

>>>'echo "<somewhat string>" >> oracle_file' will corrupt the 

>>>file, but oracle will detect it only when it tries to 

>>>read/write to that block(s) at the end of the file. Rman, as 

>>>far as I know, will detect it immediately too, except for 

>>>some spacial cases (block change tracking enabled with 

>>>certain type of backup).




I thought so...


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