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Missed the online redo logs part of this.. Thanks Sybrand.
-- Ron Reidy Oracle DBA Sybrand Bakker wrote: >>As a result: if no redo files have been added during the backup (which isReceived on Wed Feb 19 2003 - 19:09:20 CST
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>>course evident when doing a DB shutdown), >>one can delete the redo logs and ARCHIVE logs. I assume a command like
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>>*.*" in the appropriate directory will do? >>nothing else have to be done - right? >>
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> Wrong, delete the online redo log files after a cold backup and you won't be
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> You have online redo logs and archived redo logs. You can't delete the
> online redo logs without severe consequences.
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> Sybrand Bakker
> Senior Oracle DBA
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