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=================================================================== STEP-I First, calculate the total block header size: =================================================================== block header = fixed header + variable transaction header + table directory + row directory where: fixed header = 57 bytes (the 4 bytes at the end of the block have already been taken account of in the 24 bytes for the cache header) variable…

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=========================================================================================================================================== Fine-Grained Auditing Part-I: Reference : from Arup Nanda on http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/webcolumns/2003/techarticles/nanda_fga.html ——————————————————————————————————————————————- (*) Traditional Oracle Database auditing options let you track the actions users perform on objects at the macro level for example, if you audit for SELECT statements on a table, you can track who selected data from the table. However, you don’t know…

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select c.sid, c.serial#, f.spid as osprocess, c.username, a.object_id, b.object_name, c.program, c.status, d.name, c.osuser, e.sql_text, DBMS_ROWID.ROWID_CREATE(1, c.ROW_WAIT_OBJ#, c.ROW_WAIT_FILE#, c.ROW_WAIT_BLOCK#, c.ROW_WAIT_ROW# ) locked_rowid from v$Locked_object a, All_objects b, v$session c, audit_actions d, v$sqlarea e, v$process f where a.object_id=b.data_object_id and a.session_id =c.sid(+) and c.command=d.action and c.row_wait_obj# != -1 and c.sql_id=e.sql_id and c.paddr = f.addr;

************************************** **** Building Our Own Namespaces ***** ************************************** The USERENV namespace does store extensive information, but the power of SYS_CONTEXT does not stop there. You can also create secured namespaces and store context in them for retrieval within a session or across the instance. For example, if I create a new namespace via the CREATE…

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Note : 1011899.6 – Roles and Creating Stored Objects / Views Note : 180028.1 – Set up a Secure Access to Application Data within a Database: DBAs, Schemas and Users.

========================= Test case On 29-SEP-2005 ========================= Original Statement: INSERT INTO pvm SELECT * FROM pvm1; Source table : pvm1 has 2.3 million rows. If statement executes normally it will take long time to execute. So i modified following statement and 2.3 Million rows processed in Approx 30 seconds. 10:39:11 CIF@CIF:-> set feedback 1 10:39:11 CIF@CIF:->…

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*******Oracle 10g Installation ******* On 27-Sep-2005****** (1) *** Warning During Oracle 10.1.0.2 installation **** Checking security kernel parameters Checking for noexec_user_stack=1; found Not found. Failed

Problem Description ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A user connected AS SYSOPER can only STARTUP and SHUTDOWN the database, but cannot select any data from the dictionary, nor perform any other operations on the database. If you grant the appropriate privilege required to the OPERATOR user, it still does not work. Example: ~~~~~~~~ SVRMGR> CREATE USER operator IDENTIFIED BY…

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