Rhojel - I'm not sure if export gives you enough information. Usually the reason to export is that if you can export, you have a good copy of the data and you can breathe a little easier. But usually export will fail on the first corrupt block. Your corrupt block may be an index block, so export might succeed. Doing a quick Google search yields http://www.quest-pipelines.com/newsletter-v4/0103_C.htm <http://www.quest-pipelines.com/newsletter-v4/0103_C.htm> . I haven't read it in detail, so I can't vouch for its accuracy. Metalink is another way to get some good advice for a problem like this. The last time I had this problem I saved Note 34371.1, but that may be obsolete now since it was about 5 years ago. But the horror seems like yesterday. Good luck. Now you've given me nightmares.
Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:14 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi Everyone! This is my first time to encounter data block corruption in my entire DBA life(just 2 years FYI) =-) (this is not something to be happy about but heck of an experience). I'd like to know the extent of information that I can get from exporting that table that I believe has the corrupted block.. will I be able to know the absolute file# (AFN), relative file# (RFN), and the block# from the error that EXP will return> Regards, Rhojel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS 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).
