Maybe any service related changes (failover) are logged too? Not near a server to verify. John On 9/25/08, Michael McMullen <ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are the alter system commands that show up in the alert log only as a result > of a human issuing them? Ie if oracle changes anything with automatic memory > management it wouldn't show up in the alert log as an alter system command. > Just want to make sure. > > > > Thanks > > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com John Kanagaraj <>< http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkanagaraj http://jkanagaraj.wordpress.com (Sorry - not an Oracle blog!) ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l