Hey Terry.. RUN!! ;D -- JK Is there a chance the datafile was compressed externally with compress or gzip? Maybe decompressing it is all that would be required. I know that I've mistakenly tried recovering a database and missed decompressing a datafile only to have dbv say that the entire file is corrupt. It's been mentioned that maybe the header is corrupt and maybe that is really the case.. however, I find it hard to believe that an entire file is corrupt. Just a suggestion, Shawn Sr. Oracle DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------