On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 11:12:55 -0800, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here would be a good place to start: > http://www.actoug.org.au/Downloads/oracle_index_internals.pdf > > Also, google for it: > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22block+dump%22+site%3Ajlcomp.demon.co.uk&btnG=Search > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22block+dump%22+site%3Aixora.com.au&btnG=Search Bear in mind the quote Norman Dunbar uses in his article on Jonathan Lewis' site (I assume it will come up in the search). Quote from MetaLink : The capability to generate a formatted block dump is primarily intended for use by Oracle Support and Development. There is no externally published information available on interpreting the contents of a blockdump and the information is considered 'internal' information. It is rare, but not unknown, to *require* the ability to understand a block dump. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
