Re: reset the SCN for the database

  • From: Karl Arao <karlarao@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tony_vanlingen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:39:25 +0800

> That would mean that the SCN is a 6-byte integer, or 48 bits, which makes
> the max SCN exactly 281,474,976,710,656.
>
> Seems that overcommitting in procedures/apps is bad then.. it could lead to
> a SCN "reset" before the 500 years are over (on a very fast system).. :)
>


By the year 2509 (+500 years) and on the rate Oracle releases new
database version (every two years)
that would be Oracle Database 261g Release 1

and I suppose there would be a bug fix for that :p





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