We'll do that if we need to. I took a backup before I did anything else Now, I'm restoring the hot backup from Aug 14. I'm going to roll it up to a point about 1 hour before the alert.log went nuts. =20 ---- Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams@xxxxxxxxxxx If C gives you engouth rope to hang yourself, then C++ gives you enough rope to hang yourself, your dog, your co-workers, and everyone in your neighborhood. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mladen Gogala Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:04 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: problem with recovery On 08/22/2004 03:13:33 PM, "Adams, Matthew (GE Consumer & Industrial)" = wrote: > Can't open with "RESETLOGS", says SYSTEM tablespace > still needs more recovery. Guess we're up the=3D20 > creek with the proverbial means of propulsion. Matt, if more recovery is needed, then there is a dirty and dangerous = trick. You can set _allow_resetlogs_corruption=3DTRUE,=20 _allow_read_only_corruption=3DTRUE then do alter database read_only resetlogs; and immediately do full export from the database. That way, you can = salvage the data=20 or what's left of it. I'm not a member of oracle support, these are = undocumented parameters, you can do it, on your own risk.=20 --=20 Mladen Gogala 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------