Re: How to recover controlfile for OMF database?

On Wed, 07 May 2003 20:26:15 GMT, Peter <peter_at_nomorenewsspammin.ca> wrote:

>My whole database wascreated sing OMF oracle-managed files.
>After shutting down and restarting I got the following message:
>
>
>SQL> alter database mount;
>alter database mount
>*
>ERROR at line 1:
>ORA-00205: error in identifying controlfile, check alert log for more
>info
>
>
>How do you actualy recover controlfiles for an OMF database? I
>thought Oracle is doing everything and should be able to finds its own
>controlfiles.
>
>
>

You should prefer reading manuals, above ASSUMEing something you didn't verify. You should also do as instructed in the error message BEFORE posting.
You are becoming quite a bore in the newsgroup as you basically misuse it as a first resort, prior to doing your homework properly

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA

To reply remove -verwijderdit from my e-mail address Received on Wed May 07 2003 - 15:41:00 CDT