What do you understand by the term 'system change number (scn)'?



What do you understand by the term 'system change number (scn)'?..

Answer / Ms. Vidushi Bhatnagar

System Change Number (SCN) is a unique identifier assigned to each database operation in Oracle. SCNs allow for efficient tracking of data changes and facilitate recovery processes during a rollback or recovery operation.

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