Indeed, the row directory is in the block header. And like Raj said, there is a length value to tell you how far to read. The values are encoded in Oracle's internal format, such as the 7 bytes coding for Date type.
Richard Ji -----Original Message----- From: Joe Testa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 9/18/2003 11:14 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Cc: Subject: Re: Anyone have a copy of DUL ?? Dennis, i dont think those 2 items you mentioned are that encoded, using the dump command you can see how they are stored. joe DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: >Wouldn't something like DUL need to read Oracle's dictionary? My impression >is that a lot of stuff in the data files is heavily encoded, like date and >number formats. Wouldn't you need the dictionary to understand where one >column stops and the next starts, and maybe even where one row ends and the >next begins? > >Dennis Williams >DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA >Lifetouch, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 7:40 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > >There are DUL?s manual. >http://www.fors.com/velpuri2/dul_ucg8.html > >May be interesting for someone. > > >-----Mensaje original----- >De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nombre de >Pete Finnigan >Enviado el: jueves, 18 de septiembre de 2003 13:55 >Para: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L >Asunto: Re: How to extract data directly from a datafile ? > > >Hi Tanel, > >A free DUL in C would be very nice to have and to study the source code >of. maybe you should also contact Kurt van Meerbeek of jDUL project on >sourceforge, maybe you have some ideas or info he doesn't have that >could help his efforts or of course Richard's efforts. > >kind regards > >Pete >-- >Pete Finnigan >email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com - Oracle security audit specialists >Book:Oracle security step-by-step Guide - see http://store.sans.org for >details. > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net >-- >Author: Pete Finnigan > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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). > > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Joe Testa INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
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