Yep, I understand the physical/logical standbys work the same way you described here, but I think redo corruptions are detected in physical stdby scenario equally as well as in logical standby, because in both cases the contents of the changes have to be constructed from logfiles, nothing is applied directly just by copying redoblocks... Tanel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Riyaj Shamsudeen" <rshamsud@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Guess, I should have been careful in my wording :-) > Let me reword it and correct me If I still get this wrong.. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------