The Oracle transaction logs aren't any different than the Exchange ones - they're going to log a bunch of database specific crap. Most likely, you're really wanting to look at the tracking logs.
I'd wager that the Oracle Application Server email application doesn't have real message tracking logs, so they have to resort to the described process. I'm sure that you could, however, find something useful in the transaction logs - if you're really interested in inserts, deletes and updates of the actual tables. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Marriott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 7:38 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Transaction log reports > > > I haven't either Jim but I was included in a discussion with > some Oracle > folks and Oracle logs are a useful source of report info. > Oracle has an > email app and we were discussing it. You ever had any > experience with it? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of McBee, Jim > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:19 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Transaction log reports > > > Charles: > I have never seen a tool for mining information from the > transaction logs. The information in those logs would be information > that only a mother could love. Specifically, mother-ESE. The > transaction logs contain pages of data that will be written to the EDB > or EDB/STM files; these pages correspond to the message > information, but > they may not be in any useful order, at least to mere humans. If you > want to see a little more on the log files, you can use the ESEUTIL /M > option to dump some info about the logs. AFAIK, Microsoft does not > publicly publish any useful information on the contents of > the log files > or the ESE database. > > You are certainly not a newbie to Exchange or this list, so I > know this is not one of those "stupid" questions. Did you have a > specific goal in mind with this information. > > Any help? > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Marriott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Posted At: Thursday, January 09, 2003 2:06 PM > Posted To: Exchange Technical Mailing List > Conversation: Transaction log reports > Subject: RE: Transaction log reports > > > No, I am talking about the transaction logs. > > Can they be archived and used as a source of information for reporting > purposes? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Glenn Corbett > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:09 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Transaction log reports > > > Well, there are transaction logs, maybe you should have a look at all > those .log files in your mdbdata directory. On second > thoughts....you'd > better not :) > > However, charles may be referring to tracking logs, not transaction > logs. > > G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:38 AM > Subject: RE: Transaction log reports > > > > Hmmm, Transaction log is only related to MS-SQL and there no such > > thing as transaction logs for Exchange. Could you re-word your > > question please? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Andy David > > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 3:31 PM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Re: Transaction log reports > > > > > > eh? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Charles Marriott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 3:22 PM > > Subject: Transaction log reports > > > > > > > What is the best practice on extracting report info from E2k > > > transaction logs or can it be done? > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
