No archivelog mode and logging option

Question

hi i am having a database 9i on windows 2000 adv server. my database is in no archivelog mode. i am creating a table with logging option as follows
create table x(no number(1))
logging;
table created
please let me know where the information will be logged? whether into trace files because database is in no archivelog mode.

Answer 1

Logging information is always recorded in your redolog files, irrespective whether your database is in ARCHIVELOG mode or NOARCHIVELOG mode.
By default a table is created in LOGGING mode, you don't have to explicitly specify it.
Here is an example:
SQL> archive log list
Database log mode              No Archive Mode
Automatic archival             Disabled
Archive destination            /u10/app/oracle/product/oracle10g/dbs/arch
Oldest online log sequence     11
Current log sequence           13
SQL> create table t(a number);
Table created.
SQL> select logging from user_tables where table_name = 'T';
LOG
YES