On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Tim Gorman <tim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Joel, > > DUDE probably is overkill for one block, but it depends on the value of the > data. If you think about the cost of a DBA, an IT manager, a business > manager, and a business analyst all working 4-8 hours trying to diagnose and > clean up the mess caused by the data lost in a small number of blocks, then > the $1000-$5000 spent on DUDE becomes a bargain. Kurt Van Meerbeeck > (http://www.ora600.be) is the creator of DUDE and Dan Fink and I are the US > contacts for Kurt. > > There is the ALTER SYSTEM DUMP DATAFILE command, with the following > syntax... > > SQL> alter system dump datafile '<file-name>' | <file#> block [ <block#> | > block min <beginning-block#> block max <ending-block#> ]; > > where... > > "<file-name>" is the name of the Oracle datafile > "<file#>" is the FILE_ID of the Oracle datafile > "<block#>" is the database block number > "<beginning-block#>" is the starting block number within the datafile > "<ending-block#>" is the ending block number within the datafile > > The output will be dumped to an Oracle trace file within the USER_DUMP_DEST > directory. Example ALTER SYSTEM DUMP DATAFILE commands include... > Hello Joel, I have created a short white paper about Oracle Block Editor and ASM - maybe you can use it in your case - http://oracleprof.blogspot.com/2009/06/asm-and-bbed.html. regards, Marcin -- Marcin Przepiorowski http://oracleprof.blogspot.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l