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What is Data Block ?

ORACLE database's data is stored in data blocks. One data block corresponds to a specific number of bytes of physical database space on disk.




  
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January 10, 2007 00:51:21   #1  
gaurav_varma Member Since: January 2007   Contribution: 3    

RE: What is Data Block ?

Data Block:

At the finest level of granularity Oracle stores data in data blocks (also called logical blocks Oracle blocks or pages). One data block corresponds to a specific number of bytes of physical database space on disk.


 
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October 27, 2007 01:33:38   #2  
C.Ramesh        

RE: What is Data Block ?
Oracle Data Blocks is logical storage unit of Oracle and One Oracle Data Blocks containts multiple of Operating system Blocks. Data blocks contains contigous of Bytes.
 
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