Find archive from SCN number in Oracle Database

Find archive from SCN number in Oracle Database

1. Check the current SCN number from the Oracle database.

Select CURRENT_SCN from v$database;
SCN
----------
3208910

2. Check the archived log from SCN number.
Run the query will ask for put scn number in bind variable.

Select sequence#,FIRST_CHANGE#,NEXT_CHANGE# from v$archived_log where &scn between FIRST_CHANGE# and NEXT_CHANGE#;

SEQUENCE# FIRST_CHANGE# NEXT_CHANGE#
--------- ------------- ------------
       23       3207813      3208973


Note: If no row found then you can switch the logfile with “alter system switch logfile;”

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