Oracle Flashback Transaction Query
Version 21c

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Flashback Transaction Query Functionality Demo
Demo using the flashback_transaction_query view SELECT operation, undo_sql, logon_user
FROM flashback_transaction_query
WHERE xid = HEXTORAW(<version_xid>);
conn uwclass/uwclass@pdbdev

CREATE TABLE t (
mycol VARCHAR2(20));

INSERT INTO t VALUES ('ABC');

COMMIT;

INSERT INTO t VALUES ('DEF');

COMMIT;

INSERT INTO t VALUES ('GHI');

COMMIT;

SELECT versions_xid, versions_startscn, versions_endscn, versions_operation, mycol
FROM t
VERSIONS BETWEEN SCN MINVALUE AND MAXVALUE;

conn sys@pdbdev as sysdba

desc flashback_transaction_query

set linesize 121
col operation format a10
col undo_sql format a65

-- choose the 'DEF' entry's xid
SELECT operation, undo_sql, logon_user
FROM flashback_transaction_query
WHERE xid = HEXTORAW('0A0009005F060000');

delete from "UWCLASS"."T" where ROWID = 'AAAPHYAAGAAABgqAAB';

COMMIT;

SELECT * FROM uwclass. t;

SELECT versions_xid, versions_startscn, versions_endscn, versions_operation, mycol
FROM uwclass.t
VERSIONS BETWEEN SCN MINVALUE AND MAXVALUE;

UPDATE uwclass.t
SET mycol = 'MNO'
WHERE mycol = 'GHI';

INSERT INTO uwclass.t VALUES ('XYZ');

COMMIT;

SELECT versions_xid, versions_startscn, versions_endscn, versions_operation, mycol
FROM uwclass.t
VERSIONS BETWEEN SCN MINVALUE AND MAXVALUE;

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