What OS? Did the DB crash? If this is Linux, I understand that there is something a way to do it if the files were locked... I dont know the details, something with the inodes as I recall, but I could be completely wrong about that.... If not, I would run a create controlfile script rather than restoring from backup. On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Maureen English <maureen.english@xxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > I just did one of the stupidest things in my life and overwrote our > production > database control files with a copy of the standby controlfile. > > I have a backup of the real control files from yesterday afternoon, but > we've > been up and running all day. Is there an easy way to recover my control > files > and be back running any time soon? > > - Maureen > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'