Re: Recovery without backup.

Joe,
 Thanks for the info. the site for the manual pages is http://technet.oracle.com/docs/products/oracle8i/doc_library/817_doc/server.817/a76993/performi.htm#19041  

I will read and understand.
ROR mª¿ªm

>>> JTESTA_at_longaberger.com 08/08/01 04:16PM >>>
yea its been around a while, look at

alter database create datafile, in the 817 docs its under the category:

Re-Creating Datafiles when Backups Are Unavailable

joe

>>> cspence_at_FuelSpot.com 08/08/01 03:21PM >>>

I don't know much about this feature, but someone mentioned in 8.1.7 you can recover a datafile even without a backup as long as you have a control file that knew about it and the archive logs.
Anyone give this a try? I am going to attempt this weekend on my test box.

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