- Level 0 backup contains all used blocks.
- Level 1 backup contains all blocks changed since level 0 or level 1 backup
- DBA command “alter database open” results in opening of online redo files and online datafiles.
- You can set the constraint to deferred state if you want to insert data into child table 1st and parent table later in the same transaction.
- Stopping the listener will not impact established sessions; Only new sessions will not be able to connect to database
- Multiple listeners can run on same host or server.
- Rows in Global temporary table created with “ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS” will stay for the life of session
- Frequent full checkpoints can cause degradation of database performance.
- Databases running archivelog support online backups.
- SPfile is binary file whereas pfile is text file
- Rows in Global temporary table created with “ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS” will stay for the life of transaction i.e. until you commit.
- DML locks are never acquired for data in temporary tables.
- Hierarchy of database structures : OS Blocksè Oracle Data Blockè Extentsè Segmentsè Tablespace
- SGA_TARGET can be increased up to SGA_MAX_SIZE
- Initialization parameter REMOTE_AUTHENT_OS when set to FALSE ensures users cannot connect to database from remote machine by just logging on to remote server
- Connection is possible if database authentication is performed
- Initialization parameter LOG_BUFFER cannot be dynamically modified for current instance
- Reboot is required if SPFILE/PFILE is modified for changes to take effect.
- Initialization parameter DDL_LOCK_TIMEOUT
- Table locked in SHARED ROW EXCLUSIVE allows DML operation
- DRA does not support standby databases and RAC
- Changes to SPfile can be persistent across database restarts
- Buffer currently being accessed is called pinned buffer.
- DRA creates a manual checklist when a failure occurs because a datafile is accidently renamed or when a failure occurs because of bad hardware connectivity
- Statistics can be locked to prevent overwriting of statistics.
- Datapump supports renaming of tables during import
- Successful checkpoint during shutdown ensures all data is written to database files.
- Users cannot access data from offline tablespaces.
- Undo retention is not guaranteed if undo tablespace is of fixed size.
- Frequent update/inserts/deletes on tables with bitmap indexes cause performance issues because the smallest unit lock that can be acquired is bitmap segment.
- Multiple databases can be registered to single instance.
- SPfile resides on the database server only
- Exclusive locks are not required for conventional path SQL*loader
- Background process MMON is responsible for issuing alerts when thresholds are exceeded.
- Oracle supports creating indexes and views on temporary tables
- Enable validate of table defined as initially immediate with prevent DML operations on table when the constraint is being enabled.
- Temporary tables are always created in temporary tablespace
- “ALTER TABLESPACE USERS OFFLINE” will result in checkpointing all datafiles belonging to database.
- Initialization parameter O7_DICTIONARY_ACCESSIBILITY used to restrict access to data dictionary objects.
- A datafile can belong to one tablespace.
- Leaf blocks in indexes are doubly linked
- If a row is deleted from table, It is logically deleted from index; however space is available for reuse.
- MMON transfers statistics from memory to disk at frequent intervals.
- oraInst.loc must be created manually before running OUI in silent mode
- Value for LOG_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL will override FAST_MTTR_TARGET settings
- Undo is required for flashback transaction, running reports requiring read consistency or to rollback a transaction.
- The number of private SQL areas is dependent on OPEN_CURSORS settings
- Local naming method uses tnsnames.ora file
- A extent cannot span datafiles
- Enable validate of table defined as initially immediate with fail if existing rows violate the constraint.
- Ongoing transactions are rolled back when the restarted after instance crash
- Undo retention is minimum time the committed undo data will be retained if there is free space.
- Static database registration for listener is required if DBA wants to connect to database remotely and start the database remotely
- AWR is not generated if initialization parameter statistics_level is set to basic.
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