Diego, The d_l_l_c parameter does not delay the cleanouts, just the logging of them. See http://www.ixora.com.au/q+a/cr.htm Jared > Hi List, > I was showing another DBA how delayed block clean out mechanism > works when I found this.... > > > Oracle 8.0.6.3.0 > delayed_logging_block_cleanouts=TRUE (default) > ... > fsl: 0 fnx: 0x0 ver: 0x01 > > Itl Xid Uba Flag Lck Scn/Fsc > 0x01 0x0002.05f.0001454f 0x00822873.0b8f.29 C--- 0 scn 0x0698.b1acfbcc > > why did this block get cleaned out? . I just executed a query not a > DML command. > I then checked every table block and all of them got cleaned out by > the query shown above. > AFAIK in Oracle 7 and Oracle 8 version after executing a query this > block should not have been cleaned out unless > delayed_logging_block_cleanouts=FALSE > > (I have also tested this in an Oracle 7 instance, and I got the same result) > > Please shed some light on this. > > Thanks > Diego. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------