Perhaps it would be safer to give another extension to database files on really important servers to avoid mistakes. Something like *.mpg for instance. SF Joe wrote: >What would you call that moment in time after you do "rm *.dbf" on all >your database files, where you suddenly panic about whther you're on >the right server or not? > >This happens to me all the time, even after checking, even after 17 >yrs of DBA-ing. Kinda like that feeling you get when your chair starts >to tip over backwards but you catch yourself. > >:P > >Joe >-- > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l