Hi, If you try the "recover database until cancel" command in sql*plus, what does it ask for? Also databases opened with the parameter _alow_resetlogs_corruption, Chris referenced, are usually OK for use, its just that you cannot back them up and restore them again, you have to re-create them, not an issue for you. Regards Pete On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:42 PM, <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > >> I know there's a hidden parameter to force open a database > >> but I'm not sure if it has the same effect on an RMAN > >> recovery as it does on a non-RMAN recovery. I assume it would. > Yes, the document mentioned by Martin (MOS note 465478.1) mentions "a > hidden parameter" that can be used - I suspect this is the very one. > > Unfortunately, I'd really like to open this database in a valid and > no-potentially-corrupt manner. The users need a full sized testing > database for performance testing of a new release (coming soon!) and if > it has the possibility of being "corrupted" then it's a worthless > database. > > Thanks anyway. > > Cheers, > Norman. > > > Norman Dunbar > Contract Oracle DBA > CIS Engineering Services > Internal : 7 28 2051 > External : 0113 231 2051 > > > Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the > sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. We have > checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should still > check any attachment before opening it. We may have to make this message and > any reply to it public if asked to under the Freedom of Information Act, > Data Protection Act or for litigation. Email messages and attachments sent > to or from any Environment Agency address may also be accessed by someone > other than the sender or recipient, for business purposes. If we have sent > you information and you wish to use it please read our terms and conditions > which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find out more about the > Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk > > Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the > sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. > > We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should > still check any attachment before opening it. > We may have to make this message and any reply to it public if asked to > under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act or for litigation. > Email messages and attachments sent to or from any Environment Agency > address may also be accessed by someone other than the sender or recipient, > for business purposes. > > If we have sent you information and you wish to use it please read our > terms and conditions which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find > out more about the Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Regards Pete