Okay, okay I believe you all! But I DO remember Anita posting that it had
changed... time to dig through MetaLink, and bug Anita while I'm at it :)
Rachel
>From: "Farnsworth, Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: RE: Rename alert log
>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:05:39 -0800
>
>I am running 8.1.7 and just last week renamed my alert.log while the
>database was up and everything seemed to work fine. It created a new alert
>log on the fly.
>
>Dave
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>
>In 816 on NT, you can rename it any time you want.
>
>is this changing in 817 Rachel?
>
>Tom Mercadante
>Oracle Certified Professional
>
>
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>Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 1:27 PM
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>
>depends on the version of the database you are running.. it used to be that
>yes, you could just rename it and Oracle would open a new one of the
>original name when it needed to write to it.
>
>In 8.? and above, you can no longer just rename it, Oracle now maintains an
>open file pointer to it, similar to the way it handles the listener log
>file. So you will need to do the same sort of tricks to the alert log as
>you
>
>have to do to the listener log (make a copy then copy /dev/null to the
>original)
>
>
>
> >From: "Smith, Ron L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Subject: Rename alert log
> >Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 06:56:31 -0800
> >
> >Can the alert log be renamed while the database is up and running?
> >
> >Ron
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