Originally posted by SANJAY_G
Abhay,
I was using the no of records allocated and record size. But it always comes lesser that the actual cf size.
Yes sanjay, this is the reason why i didnt post that v$controlfile_record_section can be used as alternative to OS command.

Have to dig up some docs to see, if there are any other TYPE's which get recorded in Control File apart from listed types.

Abhay.