Hi experts, I have run the following query select name,registrar from v$archived_log; and got the result E:\ORACLE\ORA81\RDBMS\ARC00010.001 ARCH E:\ORACLE\ORA81\RDBMS\ARC00011.001 ARCH E:\ORACLE\ORADATA\CHIC\ARCHIVE\ARC00014.001 FGRD would anybody plz tell me what is the differenct between FGRD and ARCH. I have consulted the oracle documentation but in vain. thanks regards Fahd ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------