Explian the 18 character long ROWID? How it gets constructed? How we will identify each part of ROWID?

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sharmasl

  • Mar 24th, 2009
 

IN 18 Character Long ROWID constructed as-

1 to 6 character are database object no.
7 to 9 character are file no.
10 to 15 character are block no.
16 to 18 character are rowno.

like this 18 character of rowid are constructed.....

imtiazali

  • Jun 5th, 2009
 

Rowid and Rownum are psuedocolumns for every table Oracle provides unique rowid, rownum.
Rowid are in alphanumeric, rowid are 18 character, for every rowid last 3 character will be changed.

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ROWID is internally constructed when a new row is added.
BBBBBB.RRRRRR.FFFFFF

BBBBBB - Represents the blocks in the datafile.
RRRRRR - Represents the rows in the block.
FFFFFF - Represents the file no.

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