On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 1:23 AM, De DBA <dedba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > online redo logs were too new, and are now stale anyway (due to > controlfile recreate) Have you tried applying the redo logs? Oracle cannot, due to the controlfile issues SQL> recover database using backup controlfile until cancel Then specify the redo logs, rather than archive logs You may get lucky and not need the redo log with the corrupt header. A colleague and I have restored 3 production databases this year using that method, and I've used it a few times in the pas as well. Two of those emergency restores subsequently became clients. :) Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l