Bill, Since you have the database open, the database SCN can be incrementing, you'll have to re-restore the database and roll it forward to the new time. Would have been better to open it READ ONLY. ______________________________________________________________ Dick Goulet / Capgemini North America P&C / East Business Unit Senior Oracle DBA / Hosting Office: 508.573.1978 / Mobile: 508.742.5795 / www.capgemini.com Fax: 508.229.2019 / Email: richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 45 Bartlett St. / Marlborough, MA 01752 Together: the Collaborative Business Experience ______________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Wagman Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:57 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Question re applying archive logs Greetings, We are trying to track down a problem which occurred a month ago and the developers have requested that I restore a database incrementally. This is Oracle 10gR2 and we are using RMAN to do backups. They wish the database be recovered and restored to 6:00am on a particular day, they will look at the data. They then want to see the state of the database 4 hours later. I have restored the database to 6:00am on that day and I have archive logs generated over the next 24 hour period. The database is in a consistent state and open now, how do I apply the next two archive logs? Can I do that? I haven't been able to figure it out. I hope I am stating the problem clearly. Thanks. Bill Wagman Univ. of California at Davis IET Campus Data Center wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx (530) 754-6208 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of the Capgemini Group. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l