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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Mahesh Girkar, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benedicto Garin, Hudson, NH (US);
Joydip Kundu, Derry, NH (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for applying changes to a standby database in real-time. According to one aspect, a change is applied to data contained in a standby database. The standby database functions as a replica of a primary database. The primary database has a current online redo log file to which a particular redo block was written. According to one aspect, prior to the archiving of the current online redo log file, the particular redo block is received at a process associated with the standby database. A change indicated by the particular redo block is applied to the data contained in the standby database.