I do agree with you. Just trying out for my luck if any one would come to my (actually my friend's) rescue in this context. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 10:45 PM, <TESTAJ3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Well for all intents and purposes, point in time recovery has to have a > point to start and roll forward from there, with no backup, you dont have a > starting point. > > I say that because you can do rewinding of databases now using Flashback > DB, but unless you set that up and have all of the flashback logs to where > in time you want to rewind to, > > I think you're completely out of luck. > > joe > > _______________________________________ > Joe Testa, Oracle Certified Professional > Senior Engineering & Administration Lead > (Work) 614-677-1668 > (Cell) 614-312-6715 > > > > > > From: Syed Jaffar Hussain <sjaffarhussain@xxxxxxxxx> To: Oracle-L > Freelists <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 02/02/2011 02:43 PM Subject: point > in time recovery when there is no backup ? Sent by: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ------------------------------ > > > > Dear List, > > I have an Oracle database configured in Archivelog mode running for the > past couple months. Unfortunately, there is no backup has been taken so far, > however, I am in need to clone the database back in time. Is this possible I > can duplicate this database back in time? Any points suggestion would be a > great help. > > Regards, > > Jaffar > >