Rich, If I remember correctly, it just complains about wrong syntax in case you re-arrange it. -- Best regards, Alex Gorbachev On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:36:41 -0500, Rich Holland <holland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sorry to reply to an old post, but I stumbled on this at one point as well. > What does the re-arranged syntax do exactly (i.e. I expect it to do the same > thing as the correct syntax, and think I even came across it in an RMAN manual > somewhere in the re-arranged fashion). It was just blind luck that I re-typed > it "wrong" and got it to work... > > Thanks, > Rich > > that would be: > > recover database until cancel using backup controlfile; > > > > Note that it is possible to rearrange this syntax to say something like > > recover database using backup controlfile until cancel; > > ... which will not work. At least not the way you expect. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l