That change can probably be found in one of rhe redo log archives. There is a table called V$ARCHIVED_LOG which has columns FIRST_CHANGE and NEXT_CHANGE describing change numbers. You might want to take a peek in the reference manual for more. -- Mladen Gogala A & E TV Network Ext. 1216 > -----Original Message----- > From: rjamya [mailto:rjamya@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 11:59 AM > To: Oracle Discussion List > Subject: Finding SCN during recovery > Where would I find change# 79332404433 ?? I have tried > dumping coltrolfile (on the main db) and tried to convert eh > SCN, there are some close, but none that matches this number. > > We generally clone a db, by taking hot backup, create backup > control file and then recover. -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/