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Re: 'Transactional' Snapshots, and the LAX parameter of dbms_refresh

From: Frank van Bortel <fvanbortel_at_netscape.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:01:59 +0100
Message-ID: <cvcbep$tk0$1@news3.zwoll1.ov.home.nl>


NetComrade wrote:
> Group,
>
> A while back I posted a question about how to make a snapshot
> 'transactional', meaning it won't truncate upon refresh. Few quickly
> advised to just stick it into a snapshot group with another 'fake'
> snapshot (e.g. one selecting from dual). I thought we'd use a 'fake'
> snapshot all over the place, but as I was reading dbms_refresh doc
>
> http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/appdev.920/a96612/d_refrs2.htm#94060
>
> lax
> A materialized view can belong to only one refresh group at a time.
> If you are moving a materialized view from an existing group to a new
> refresh group, then you must set this to true to succeed. Oracle then
> automatically removes the materialized view from the other refresh
> group and updates its refresh interval to be that of its new group.
> Otherwise, the call to MAKE generates an error message.
>
> " A materialized view can belong to only one refresh group at a time."
> Is this true? so we'd have to create multiple fake snapshots to be
> used in 'transactional' groups?
>
> Thanks
> .......
> We use Oracle 8.1.7.4 and 9.2.0.5 on Solaris 2.7 boxes
> remove NSPAM to email

Don't know about the first thread, but I always grouped those snapshots into a refresh group; all snapshots in a refresh group get refreshed at the same call (not neccesary in the same sequence over and over, and certainly not at that particular [a.k.a "same"] time).

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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
Received on Mon Feb 21 2005 - 04:01:59 CST

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