John, Thanks for the followup, and congratulations. None of us know when we may have the misfortune to need this service. Dennis Williams On 4/4/06, Fedock, John (KAM.RHQ) <John.Fedock@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Just to follow up on this thread, we used the guys from www.ora600.nl and > they have done a great job. Data is being reloaded as needed. > > Regards, > > John Fedock > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]*On Behalf Of *Fedock, John (KAM.RHQ) > *Sent:* Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:10 AM > *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: data extraction from dead database > > Thanks to all who have replied. > > What I have found so far is that Oracle consulting will do it for a 2 day > minimum charge and I have also been in touch with the guys at > http://www.ora600.nl/ as well. I will let you know the resolution. > > John > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > Fedock, John (KAM.RHQ) wrote: > > If I recall, Oracle has a tool that can read datafiles and assemble the > data is some type of useable format, from a crashed database. > > We have a 8.1.7.4 database that we may need this type of tool for. Can > anyone offer any information on this? And, yes the database was backed up > nightly, but the tapes were not rotated and checked. > > Thanks all. > > > John Fedock > *K* Line America, Inc. > john.fedock@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >