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Generating values from block dumps

Today, I had to identify all rows on a given block. I used DBMS_ROWID, but initially I wasn’t using it correctly. I figured out what I should have been doing (below)… select work_id from xwc.frbr_holding_display partition(FRBR_HOLDING_DISPLAY_P12) where dbms_rowid.ROWID_BLOCK_NUMBER(rowid,'BIGFILE') > = 8566791 …but in the meantime, I also ended up dumping the blocks and writing... »