Oracle10g Flashback Technology

New Features for recoverability

Objectives
At the end of this module the student will
understand the following tasks and concepts.
 Understand the new Flashback Technologies
in Oracle10g.
 Understand how to use Flashback
Technology.
Overview
 Flashback Query
 Flashback Table
 Flashback Drop
 Flashback Database
Flashback Query
 Allows you to access data from the past
 Flashback Query
 Query data as it was in the past
 Flashback Version Query
 View all versions of data as it existed in the past
 Flashback Transaction Query
 View transactional data history
 Uses UNDO tablespace
 You can only recover to UNDO_RETENTION period
Flashback Query
 Query data at a time in the past (as far back as
UNDO_RETENTION)
 Select
SELECT * FROM scott.emp AS OF TIMESTAMP
TO_TIMESTAMP('2004-05-16 08:00:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS')
WHERE ename = 'SCOTT';
 Populate
INSERT INTO scott.emp
(SELECT * FROM scott.emp AS OF TIMESTAMP
TO_TIMESTAMP('2004-05-16 08:00:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MI:SS')
WHERE ename = 'SCOTT');
Flashback Version Query
 Used to retrieve version information
SELECT SUBSTR(versions_startscn,1,10) AS "StartSCN",
SUBSTR(versions_endscn,1,10) AS "EndSCN",
SUBSTR(versions_starttime,1,25) AS "StartTime",
SUBSTR(versions_endtime,1,25) AS "EndTime",
SUBSTR(versions_xid,1,20) AS "XID",
SUBSTR(versions_operation,1,20) AS "Operation",
ename, sal
FROM scott.emp
VERSIONS BETWEEN TIMESTAMP
TO_TIMESTAMP('2004-05-16 11:00:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
AND TO_TIMESTAMP('2004-05-16 11:20:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
WHERE ename='MILLER';
Flashback Version Query
 Output
StartS EndSCN StartTime EndTime XID O ENAME SAL
------ ------ ------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------- - ---------- ----------
462855 16-MAY-04 11.18.03 AM 0300260084060000 U MILLER 1500
462680 462855 16-MAY-04 11.13.55 AM 16-MAY-04 11.18.03 AM 010022006A020000 U MILLER 1400
462680 16-MAY-04 11.13.55 AM MILLER 1300
Flashback Transaction Query
 Similar to version except by transaction and not data
SELECT xid,
SUBSTR(logon_user,1,20) AS "User",
SUBSTR(operation,1,8) AS "Oper",
SUBSTR(undo_sql,1,40) AS "UNDO SQL"
FROM flashback_transaction_query
WHERE xid IN
(SELECT versions_xid
FROM scott.emp
VERSIONS BETWEEN TIMESTAMP
TO_TIMESTAMP('2004-05-16 11:00:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
AND TO_TIMESTAMP('2004-05-16 11:55:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')
WHERE ename='MILLER');
Flashback Transaction Query
 Output
XID User Oper UNDO SQL
---------------- -------------------- -------- ----------------------------------------
010022006A020000 SYSTEM UPDATE update "SCOTT"."EMP" set "SAL" = '1300'
010022006A020000 SYSTEM BEGIN
0300260084060000 SYSTEM UPDATE update "SCOTT"."EMP" set "SAL" = '1400'
0300260084060000 SYSTEM BEGIN
0B002C0018000000 SYSTEM UPDATE update "SCOTT"."EMP" set "SAL" = '1500'
0B002C0018000000 SYSTEM BEGIN
Flashback Table
 Restores a table as it was at some time in the
past
 Uses UNDO data
SQL> FLASHBACK TABLE scott.emp TO TIMESTAMP
TO_TIMESTAMP('2004-05-16 11:00:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS');
2
Flashback complete.
Flashback Drop
 Dropped Objects are saved in the Recycle Bin
 Tables can be restored to before the drop
SQL> FLASHBACK TABLE emp TO BEFORE DROP;
 Recycle bin must be manually cleaned out via the
PURGE command
Flashback Drop
PURGE Command
Purge Command Effect

PURGE TABLE table Purges the listed table from the recycle
area.
PURGE TABLESPACE tablespace_name Purges all of the dropped tables for the
listed tablespace.
PURGE TABLESPACE tablespace_name This will purge all of the dropped tables
USER user for a particular user in a tablespace.

PURGE RECYCLEBIN Purges the recyclebin for the current user.

PURGE DBA_RECYCLEBIN A user with SYSDBA privileges can

purge all of the recyclebins for all of the
users.
Flashback Database
 Returns an entire database to a point in the
past
 Runs from within RMAN
 Requires Flash Recovery Area
 Requires full online RMAN backup + flashback
logs
 1X – 3X the size of data file storage, depending on
retention period
Flashback Database
Flashback Command
Flashback Command Effect
FLASHBACK DATABASE TO SCN scn# Flash back to a specific SCN.

FLASHBACK DATABASE TO Flash back to a specific log sequence.

SEQUENCE sequence#
FLASHBACK DATABASE TO TIME Flash back to a specific point in the past.
(SYSDATE-1/24);
FLASHBACK DATABASE TO TIME Flash back to a specific point in time.
timestamp('2004-05-16 14:00:00');
Review
 What parameter controls the period of time you can
“flash back” to?
 What area can be used to restore objects after they
are dropped?
 What is the minimum size of the Flash Recovery
Area relative to the database size?
 Name two options for using Flashback Database?
Summary
 Flashback Query
 Flashback Table
 Flashback Drop
 Flashback Database