Arun, You are correct, But I wish people should do some effort, so I guide in a direction and rest is for them, I don't like spoon feeding. Most in the group do not do their part of work and wish 100% solution. in some cases it is valid but in most as this one, I wish the writer should do some effort to get the correct answer, so I guide him to V$ tables and rest is for the fellow to follow the path...... Thanks. Nisar Tareen Arun Uniyal <arununiyalocp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi, Though Select * from V$database gives a list of summary but not the complete set of information. You have to use combination of Dictionary views to achieve this. ARUN Nisar Tareen <ntareen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Try , Select * from V$database; Nisar Tareen don karnash <donkarnash@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi I was wondering if there is a way to get all the information about a database like version, whether it is in archive mode or not, if the control files are multiplexed, where are the redo log files stored, tablespace & datafiles info etc. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dba_gurus/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dba_gurus-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dba_gurus/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dba_gurus-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! ? What will yours do? --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'