Hi Pete, >> If you try the "recover database until cancel" command in >> sql*plus, what does it ask for? A missing log file that I do not have - sequence 675041. This is higher than the range of sequences in the archivelog backup - 674565 - 674627. >> 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. Yes, an export takes 50 hours and an import takes a week. There are billions of rows in some tables, plus, a lot of IOTs. We did one just before christmas - it wasn't fun! 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