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Oracle DB Basic Commands

This document provides SQL commands to view information about an Oracle database including: 1) Viewing all tables, the database name, and instance name. 2) Checking the database block size, data files, and SYSTEM tablespace datafile. 3) Viewing available and used space, database users and their creation dates. 4) Identifying the control file location/name, datafile section size, redo log files. 5) Displaying log file groups/members, database mode, archiving status, tablespaces, and segment types.

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Oracle DB Basic Commands

This document provides SQL commands to view information about an Oracle database including: 1) Viewing all tables, the database name, and instance name. 2) Checking the database block size, data files, and SYSTEM tablespace datafile. 3) Viewing available and used space, database users and their creation dates. 4) Identifying the control file location/name, datafile section size, redo log files. 5) Displaying log file groups/members, database mode, archiving status, tablespaces, and segment types.

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Oracle Database Commands and Queries:

1. To view all the table from dictionary :


SQL> select table_name from dictionary;

2. To identify the database name :


SQL> select name from v$database;

3. To identify the instance name :


SQL> select instance from v$thread;

4. To know the size of the database blocks :


SQL> select value from v$parameter where name =’db_block_size’;

5. List the name of the data files :


SQL> select name from v$datafile;

6. Identify the datafile that makes up the system tablespace :


SQL> select file_name from dba_data_files where tablespace_name = ‘SYSTEM’;

7. To check how much free space is available in database and how much is used:
SQL>select sum(bytes)/1024 “free space in KB” from dba_free_space;
SQL>select sum(bytes)/1024 “used space in KB” from dba_segments”;

8. List the name and creation date of database users :


SQL>select username, created from dba_users;

9. Where is the existing Control file located and what is the name?
SQL> select * from v$controlfile; OR SQL> show parameter control
SQL> select name from v$controlfile;

10. What is the initial sizing of the datafile section in your control file?
SQL>select records_total from v$controlfile_record_section
where type = “DATAFILE”;

11. List the number and location of existing log files?


SQL> select member from v$logfile;

12. Display the number of redo log file groups and members your database has ?
SQL>select group#, members, status from v$log;

13. In which database mode is your database configured?


SQL> select log_mode from v$database;

14. Is archiving enabled?


SQL>select archiver from v$instance;

15. To view all the tablespaces name?


SQL>select tablespace_name from dba_tablespaces;

16. Identify the different types of segments in the database.


SQL>select DISTINCT segment_type from dba_segments;

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