Might want to give this a read: http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14191/rcmrecov004.htm#sthref734 Don. On Nov 12, 2007 11:28 AM, Taylor, Chris David <Chris.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So, now my question is, how can I recover the controlfile from the most > recent backup if RMAN doesn't have a controlfile to read from to find the > latest backup?? J -- Don Seiler http://seilerwerks.wordpress.com ultimate: http://www.mufc.us -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l