Re: Restore w/old control file and new archive logs

From: Knut Talman <knut.talman_at_mytoys.de>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:24:54 +0200
Message-ID: <3CE11E36.C5208917@mytoys.de>

Stephane Schildknecht wrote:
>
> On Mon, 13 May 2002 22:30:31 +0200, Svend Jensen wrote:
>
> > pmatt69 wrote:
> > If I remember, the (semi) syntax is like:
> >
> > recover database using backup controlfile [untill cancel | date_time
> > spec]
>
> I think Oracle tries to read archivelog files automatically. Then is it
> possible to tell it from which redo-log it can read ? I mean, can I
> delete some of then after having done a full export of my database ?

full export != archive log files

If you delete archived log files Oracle can't recover the database. Of course you can delete archive log files which are older than your last online backup.

Regards,

Knut Received on Tue May 14 2002 - 09:24:54 CDT