On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 7:26 AM, Peter Hitchman <pjhoraclel@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > OK, > Fair enough, so I can do what I want by sceripting around it. > > One way to handle this is to do the backup using the control file, then use a separate command (or even a separate script) to sync to the catalog. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com