Re: .DBF file - is it Oracle?

From: Kevin Kirkpatrick <kjk_at_hrb.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:31:45 -0500
Message-ID: <3662D681.78E07E5F@hrb.com>

Yes, Oracle uses datafiles which have the extention .dbf These datafiles make up the tablespace which utimately make up the database as a whole. I am not really sure how you would recover the datafile, but I would imagine that you would be able to use an ALTER DATABASE on it to restore it. Like I said though, I have never had to restore one of them before.

Good Luck
Kevin

Stephen Clarke wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have been given a large file (300 meg) with a .DBF extension and told
> it is an Oracle file of some sort. Can anyone tell me what it is, or
> how to go about opening/examining it to find out?
>
> tks,
>
> Stephen Clarke

The opinions expressed in this message are purely my own and NOT those of my company.

Received on Mon Nov 30 1998 - 11:31:45 CST