The only thing you can do is to shutdown the database and restore all the files from the backupset. You cannot a partial restore or a point-in-time recovery without archivelogs. HTH, Ruth -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Srinivasa Medam Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:05 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Recover a table from cold backup-noarchivelog Hi, I have a database running in noarchivelog mode. Scenario: ------------ I have a test database running in noarchivelog mode. Database is 8i. Cold backup is performed weekly. It is a filecopy, NOT RMAN backup. Just all datafiles, control files, init files are copied to backup location. Users dropped a table and wanted it to be recovered as of the last cold backup. Can someone please help me with this process. thanks in advance. Srinivas __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------