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Oracle9i Database Reference
Release 2 (9.2)

Part Number A96536-02
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V$LOG

This view contains log file information from the control files.

Column Datatype Description

GROUP#

NUMBER

Log group number

THREAD#

NUMBER

Log thread number

SEQUENCE#

NUMBER

Log sequence number

BYTES

NUMBER

Size of the log (in bytes)

MEMBERS

NUMBER

Number of members in the log group

ARCHIVED

VARCHAR2(3)

Archive status (YES |NO)

STATUS

VARCHAR2(16)

Log status:

  • UNUSED - Online redo log has never been written to. This is the state of a redo log that was just added, or just after a RESETLOGS, when it is not the current redo log.
  • CURRENT - Current redo log. This implies that the redo log is active. The redo log could be open or closed.
  • ACTIVE - Log is active but is not the current log. It is needed for crash recovery. It may be in use for block recovery. It might or might not be archived.
  • CLEARING - Log is being re-created as an empty log after an ALTER DATABASE CLEAR LOGFILE statement. After the log is cleared, the status changes to UNUSED.
  • CLEARING_CURRENT - Current log is being cleared of a closed thread. The log can stay in this status if there is some failure in the switch such as an I/O error writing the new log header.
  • INACTIVE - Log is no longer needed for instance recovery. It may be in use for media recovery. It might or might not be archived.

FIRST_CHANGE#

NUMBER

Lowest SCN in the log

FIRST_TIME

DATE

Time of first SCN in the log