Path: news.easynews.com!easynews!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!opentransit.net!kinglear.mobilixnet.dk!news.orangenet.dk.POSTED!not-for-mail From: kennethkoenraadt@hotmail.com (Kenneth Koenraadt) Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server Subject: Re: Lost controlfile Message-ID: <3c5c1dea.1945095@news.mobilixnet.dk> References: <3C5B672E.13C7F257@strategisconsulting.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 24 Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 17:17:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.97.241.100 X-Complaints-To: news@orange.dk X-Trace: news.orangenet.dk 1012670133 212.97.241.100 (Sat, 02 Feb 2002 18:15:33 CET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 18:15:33 CET Organization: Orange DK Xref: easynews comp.databases.oracle.server:133684 X-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 10:14:24 MST (news.easynews.com) On Fri, 01 Feb 2002 23:12:30 -0500, "Amadou O. Wane" wrote: >Greetings, >I lost the controlfile of my db. I can't restart the db. Is there a way >out of this predicament? > >Thanks. > Go to the online documentation and find the "create controlfile" command. It will help you to create a new control file from the remaining files of the database. You need to know the existence and exact place of all the other files of the database. Good luck! ---------------------- Regards, Kenneth Koenraadt Systems Consultant Oracle Certified Professional - DBA plovmand@hotmail.com