Oracle error log

[Allen]

I'm from a Sybase and Ms SQL server background and a bit new to
Oracle.
Does Oracle have a databse error log where all database errors are
logged to?
I've searched(maybe not hard enough) for either an overall oracle log
and for an instance specific log, but have not found anything.

Thx in advance

[osy45]

Re: Oracle error log


search for alert<ORACLE_SI D>.log

you can figure out its location from init.ora file dump_dest=

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[Louis Frolio]

Re: Oracle error log

aprinsloo@webso ft.co.za (Allen) wrote in message news:<236c75fa. 0307090540.437c 0b11@posting.go ogle.com>...[color=blue]
> I'm from a Sybase and Ms SQL server background and a bit new to
> Oracle.
> Does Oracle have a databse error log where all database errors are
> logged to?
> I've searched(maybe not hard enough) for either an overall oracle log
> and for an instance specific log, but have not found anything.
>
> Thx in advance[/color]

You would be interested in the alert_<SID>.log log file. It is
usually located in $ORACLE_BASE/admin/ORACLE_SID/bdump.

Louis.

[michael ngong]

Re: Oracle error log

aprinsloo@webso ft.co.za (Allen) wrote in message news:<236c75fa. 0307090540.437c 0b11@posting.go ogle.com>...[color=blue]
> I'm from a Sybase and Ms SQL server background and a bit new to
> Oracle.
> Does Oracle have a databse error log where all database errors are
> logged to?
> I've searched(maybe not hard enough) for either an overall oracle log
> and for an instance specific log, but have not found anything.
>
> Thx in advance[/color]

It is assumed here that your database is up and running and you can get in.

select value from v$parameter where name like '%background_du mp_dest%';
OR show parameter background_dump _dest

should give the location of the alert log file



HTH

Michael Tubuo Ngong