"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Ryan" <rgaffuri_at_cox.net> wrote in message
> news:FcoZ8.92818$%%2.3993604_at_news2.east.cox.net...
> >
> [Snip]
> >
> > What if your using a nightly DOS shell script to shutdown the database
and
> > copy it to a tape. It is not in archivelog mode. Nothing is mirrored.
> There
> > is one hard drive.
> >
> > If I have to restore the database, will I be able to simple get the
> > datafiles, control files etc... from the tape backup and place them into
> my
> > oracle home, then do an instance recovery?
> >
>
> You won't need to do any form of recovery at all. You're doing cold
backups,
> right? That means (I hope) you shut down your database each night with a
> 'shutdown immediate'. Therefore the backup is entirely consistent and
needs
> no recovery. You just copy everything off the tape, and say 'startup'.
>
> > Is there a one line command of somethign you can drop or delete that
will
> > make a database unusuable until you perform a cold backup assuming the
> above
> > scenario?
> >
>
> Nope. Not permanently. But (and you really need to pin down the words you
> use more carefully) if you are now talking about 'disabling' a database,
and
> making it unuseable *until you can recover it* then, yes, there are lots
of
> commands I can think of.
>
> Drop table sales;
> drop tablespace IMPORTANT_DATA including contents cascade constraints;
> drop user system cascade;
>
> And all those should only need DBA privileges.
>
> The real fun starts with
>
> connect / as sysdba
> delete from table obj$;
> commit;
>
> But even a humble user with routine privileges can 'disable' a database:
>
> update customers set balance_owed=5090;
> commit;
>
> Not much use having a database that reports outstanding accounts at
> completely the wrong value.
>
> Instead of asking the same question with key words casually re-phrased
from
> 'destroy' to 'disable' to 'unuseable', why don't you tell us what this
> debate you're having is, and what the context of that debate is? Then
> perhaps we can all chip in with some advice.
>
> Regards
> HJR
>
>
>
> >
>
>
Sorry for the miscommunications, I got what I was looking for. My
articulation is atrocious. It lags 6 months behind my knowledge. Rather
annoying to myself and others.
Received on Wed Jul 17 2002 - 20:03:31 CDT
