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  4. DBA_DATA_FILES

5.272 DBA_DATA_FILES

DBA_DATA_FILES describes database files.

Note:

When you query the DBA_DATA_FILES data dictionary view, Oracle must have access to all tablespaces and their data files if the requested information is not already available in the dictionary. If the tablespaces are encrypted, then you must open the Oracle wallet (keystore) before you can query DBA_DATA_FILES. You can use the ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT SET KEYSTORE OPEN statement to open the keystore.

Column Datatype NULL Description

FILE_NAME

VARCHAR2(513)

Name of the database file

FILE_ID

NUMBER

Absolute file number of the database file

TABLESPACE_NAME

VARCHAR2(30)

Name of the tablespace to which the file belongs

BYTES

NUMBER

Size of the file in bytes

BLOCKS

NUMBER

Size of the file in Oracle blocks

STATUS

VARCHAR2(9)

File status: AVAILABLE or INVALID (INVALID means that the file number is not in use, for example, a file in a tablespace that was dropped)

RELATIVE_FNO

NUMBER

Relative file number

AUTOEXTENSIBLE

VARCHAR2(3)

Autoextensible indicator

MAXBYTES

NUMBER

Maximum file size in bytes

MAXBLOCKS

NUMBER

Maximum file size in blocks

INCREMENT_BY

NUMBER

Number of Oracle blocks used as autoextension increment

USER_BYTES

NUMBER

The size of the file available for user data. The actual size of the file minus the USER_BYTES value is used to store file related metadata.

USER_BLOCKS

NUMBER

Number of blocks which can be used by the data

ONLINE_STATUS

VARCHAR2(7)

Online status of the file:

  • SYSOFF

  • SYSTEM

  • OFFLINE

  • ONLINE

  • RECOVER

LOST_WRITE_PROTECT

VARCHAR2(7)

Lost write protection status of the file. Possible values:

  • ENABLED: Indicates that lost write data is being collected

  • OFF: Indicates that lost write data is not being collected

  • SUSPEND: Indicates that lost write data is not currently being collected, but it can be enabled at a later date. The lost write data collected when the file was ENABLED remains in the lost write database, but it is not being checked or updated.

If lost write protection is enabled for a single data file, it does not have to be enabled for another data file in the same tablespace.

If lost write protection is enabled for a tablespace, it is enabled for all data files for that tablespace, including data files added later.

You can check the lost write protection status for a tablespace by querying the LOST_WRITE_PROTECT column in the DBA_TABLESPACES view.

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