On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Morgan Wigge <morgan@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > It's included information about how to use sys.dbms_backup_restore package > to extract information from backupsets > Hi, All required information about that package are in dbmsbkrs.sql I have used that solution in 8i when there was no catalog option but the basics are the same and you can use it in 10 or 11 as well. I don't have this script now (I have to research my home archive file) but there is a high level plan: 1. allocate channel using with proper type dbms_backup_restore.deviceAllocate 2. start restore conversation dbms_backup_restore.restoreSetDatafile; 3. restore backup piece dbms_backup_restore.restoreBackupPiece(done=>v_done, handle=>'backup_piece_file_name', params=>null); I'm not sure now if there are all required commands but I will try to find and publish a whole solution. regards, Marcin Przepiorowski http://oracleprof.blogspot.com/ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l