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On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 23:12:30 -0500, "Amadou O. Wane"
<wane_at_strategisconsulting.com> wrote:
>Greetings,
>I lost the controlfile of my db. I can't restart the db. Is there a way
>out of this predicament?
>
>Thanks.
>
Go to the online documentation and find the "create controlfile" command. It will help you to create a new control file from the remaining files of the database. You need to know the existence and exact place of all the other files of the database.
Good luck!