John, alter session set events 'immediate trace name ADJUST_SCN level 1' bumps the current SCN By one billion. I have used this event once while recovering a Tera Byte database where LGWR crashed and all the data files were inconsistent.
And also there is an undocumented paramter something like _Max_Giga_SCN which starts (!!) the SCN at higher values. Have anyone used that? Best Regards, K Gopalakrishnan Bangalore, INDIA -----Original Message----- Kanagaraj Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > I think you can **artificially** force a database to reach the SCN to > 0xfffffff.ffff by using the event ADJUST_SCN. > This bumps the SCN to one billion if set at level 1. So > running them in a > loop will bump the SCN to the max value. > THis event generally used to bump the SCNs if there is a > mismatch between > file headers which is signaled by > ORA-00600 [2662]. > > Any volunteers? Gopal - how do you set or access this event? Volunteers: Just a word of warning - if you want to implement this on a Dev/Test database, make sure that it is not connected as a source or target to ANY other database via DBLinks. Otherwise you will find that these high SCNs migrate across to all others as if it were a cold virus. Such a database has to be absolutely quarantined... John Kanagaraj Oracle Applications DBA DBSoft Inc (W): 408-970-7002 Grace - Getting something we don't deserve Mercy - NOT getting something we deserve Click on 'http://www.needhim.org' for Grace and Mercy that is freely available! ** The opinions and statements above are entirely my own and not those of my employer or clients ** -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: K Gopalakrishnan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
