Re: Restore to now

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 11:41:46 +1000
Message-ID: <_CYua.31814$1s1.465660@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>

"michael ngong" <mngong_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:ecf365d5.0305091054.665d8b40_at_posting.google.com...
> Just to add to what has been already said.You can restore till time as
> you suggested yourself (if that has not been done that
> already).Remember to recover using a backup controlfile for a time
> based recovery if your backup is not recent.
> Michael Ngong

Why?

Why on Earth replace a perfectly good Control File as part of the restore?

The only requirement to perform *any* form of incomplete recovery is to restore all data files. The control file only needs to be replaced if there's something wrong with it.

Regards
HJR Received on Fri May 09 2003 - 20:41:46 CDT

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