Running 8.1.7 on Solaris 8. Yesterday I deleted 2 datafiles, luckily in a non-production environment. However, this system does not get backed up. Im thinking I am most likely stuck recreating this database from the production instance. is this my only option, and what is the doc id in metalink that can walk me through this. -- Bryan S Wells bunjibry@xxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l