On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:11:08 +0000, stephen booth <stephenbooth.uk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you're talking about archive logs and not online logs (which Oracle > is trying to update) then you should be able to use LogMiner to view > the contents with no problems with the database up. Okay, I will start learning it right now. But I wish there were a utility to just show how many DML operations were performed on each table in a defined time range. > If you're suddenly generating lots of extra redo then the first thing > that comes to mind is to check that your datafiles aren't in backup > mode. I checked it: none is in backup mode. > Stephen Nicolai -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l