Other than keeping a "pencil and paper" record of currently active AUDIT statements, is this information held anywhere in ORACLE? That is, is there a table or view, or something internal, that I can query to see what types of activity are currently being audited in a database? I'm not talking here about seeing the results of the audit - I know they're recorded in the SYS.AUD$ table - but about the criteria which are currently active. This would be useful to know, so that when I've issued a series of NOAUDIT statements, I can check to see that there's nothing still being audited.
A related question - (which may sound like a classic RTFM, but I can't see this explicitly stated anywhere in the docs) - does an AUDIT statement remain active through shutdown/startup cycles, until cancelled by a NOAUDIT statement, or is it only active until the next shutdown? And finally: at what level of audit activity does it start to make a noticeable hit on performance? Would I expect users to start noticing delays if I was simply auditing CONNECTs? What if I was auditing every INSERT at ACCESS level? Or every SELECT? I know this is a "how long's a piece of string?"-type question, but I'm just after a rough, rule-of-thumb level of knowledge here... Oh, the platforms here are: 8.0 on Windows NT, 8.1.6 on NT and Solaris, and 8.1.7 on Solaris. Any answers/ideas appreciated! Paul Vincent DBA University of Central England -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Paul Vincent 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).
