How could I find specified date of REDO log and archive REDO log ?

Question

we use Oracle11gr2 on win2008R2.
1
How could I find specified date of REDO log(2013/10/17,etc) and archive REDO log ?
2
What is the format of archive REDO log.? (zipped file ?)

Answer 1

user12075536123 wrote:
1)
select * from v$archived_log;
select * from v$log_history;
but there is a possibility there is no old data
below contains no filename column
SQL> desc v$log_history
Name                                      Null?    Type
RECID                                              NUMBER
STAMP                                              NUMBER
THREAD#                                            NUMBER
SEQUENCE#                                          NUMBER
FIRST_CHANGE#                                      NUMBER
FIRST_TIME                                         DATE
NEXT_CHANGE#                                       NUMBER
RESETLOGS_CHANGE#                                  NUMBER
RESETLOGS_TIME                                     DATE
there is NO data when archive mode is disabled