Hopefully, this will provide more information on flashback - retrieved from Oracle Support. [cid:image001.png@01CD1D3E.372A4F70] Michael Dinh Disparity Breaks Automation (DBA) Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong - Peter T Mcintyre Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people - Eleanor Roosevelt When any rule or formula becomes a substitute for thought rather than an aid to thinking, it is dangerous and should be discarded -Thomas William Phelps -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Harrison Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 8:32 AM To: kevin.jernigan@xxxxxxxxxx; MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Limited update ability? Does flashback have to be enable to use the flashback query function? -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Jernigan Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:17 AM To: MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Limited update ability? You could use Flashback Query or Flashback Table (with or without Flashback Data Archive) to recover from accidental inserts / updates / deletes. This doesn't stop novice users from doing more than they intended, but it gives them a way to recover quickly and easily...KJ Sent from my iPhone On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:01 AM, "Adams, Matthew (GE, Appl & Light)" <MATT.ADAMS@xxxxxx> wrote: > Not that I can think of offhand. You might be able to do something > somewhat similar by setting the LOGICAL_READS_PER_CALL limit of the > users profile, but even that would be an ugly kludge > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:43 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Limited update ability? > > > Somebody, (a manager), asked me if oracle had a limited, (safe), > update 'option' like MySQL -- as described in this link: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-tips.html#safe-updates > > has anyone heard of anything similar, or know of anything similar with > oracle? > > Joel Patterson > Database Administrator > 904 727-2546 > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l