senior dbas that forgot that one little detail, but didn't script and practice it first because they know it all already are probably right up there as well. On 9/19/05, Thomas Day <tomday2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > The most important thing that I learned as a newbie DBA was to never "fix" > a problem in a way that couldn't be undone. Never delete an OS file; always > rename the file. If everything's still fine after 2 months then consider > deleting the renamed file. > I suspect that new DBAs have caused more full recoveries that any other > source. > Just my $.02 (US). > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com