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If it really is a temp tablespace (contents temporary) just drop and
recreate, there is nothing of value in it.
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission UK ***************************************** Please include version and platform and SQL where applicable It makes life easier and increases the likelihood of a good answer ****************************************** "Glen A Stromquist" <glen_stromquist_at_nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:PIQtb.59869$jy.28403_at_clgrps13...Received on Sun Nov 16 2003 - 14:18:48 CST
> I'm creating a copy of a production database on a different machine from
> an online backup and am missing something simple here (I think the
> combo of doing this over dial-up and screaming kids in the background is
> getting to me)
>
> I created the directory structures on the target machine, edited the
> init.ora to reflect any changes, copied datafiles from latest online
> backup and controlfile copies from the current controlfile backup (not
> trace) to the target machine etc., created the service with oradim and
> did a startup mount. The database is idle during the weekend so no redo
> was archived since the last online backup so I did an alter system
> switch logfile and copied the log to the archive dest on the target
> machine. I issued a recover database until cancel using backup
> controlfile, applied the archived logfile but now I'm getting errors
> that one of the datafiles for one of the temp tablespaces needs further
> recovery when I try to open the database with resetlogs.
>
> What am I missing here?
>