Flashback/recycle bin in oracle 10g

how to active recyclebin and flashback in oracle10g;

To enable the recycle bin:
ALTER SYSTEM SET recyclebin = ON;With this you can use the FLASHBACK table TO BEFORE DROP command to recover tables, but if you want to be able to flashback the entire database:
1-Make sure your database is in ARCHIVELOG mode.
2-Set the DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET:
ALTER SYSTEM SET DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET=1440;3-Shutdown the database and restart it in NOMOUNT EXCLUSIVE mode.
4-Activate flashback:
ALTER DATABASE FLASHNACK ON;5-Open your database.

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