Hi, Did you check to make sure that you are using a backup of the control file taken during the hot backup, I think this could mean you have a too recent copy of the control file. Regards Pete On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Dunbar, Norman < norman.dunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Pete, > > >> If you try the "recover database until cancel" command in > >> sql*plus, what does it ask for? > A missing log file that I do not have - sequence 675041. This is higher > than the range of sequences in the archivelog backup - 674565 - 674627. > > >> Also databases opened with the parameter > >> _alow_resetlogs_corruption, Chris referenced, are usually OK > >> for use, its just that you cannot back them up and restore > >> them again, you have to re-create them, not an issue for you. > Yes, an export takes 50 hours and an import takes a week. There are > billions of rows in some tables, plus, a lot of IOTs. We did one just > before christmas - it wasn't fun! > > Cheers, > Norman. > > > Norman Dunbar > Contract Oracle DBA > CIS Engineering Services > Internal : 7 28 2051 > External : 0113 231 2051 > > > Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the > sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. We have > checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should still > check any attachment before opening it. We may have to make this message and > any reply to it public if asked to under the Freedom of Information Act, > Data Protection Act or for litigation. Email messages and attachments sent > to or from any Environment Agency address may also be accessed by someone > other than the sender or recipient, for business purposes. If we have sent > you information and you wish to use it please read our terms and conditions > which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find out more about the > Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk > > Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally > privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the > sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. > > We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should > still check any attachment before opening it. > We may have to make this message and any reply to it public if asked to > under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act or for litigation. > Email messages and attachments sent to or from any Environment Agency > address may also be accessed by someone other than the sender or recipient, > for business purposes. > > If we have sent you information and you wish to use it please read our > terms and conditions which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find > out more about the Environment Agency at www.environment-agency.gov.uk > -- Regards Pete