Re: Recover database using backup controlfile

No, it doesn't complain about this syntax, which is the problem.

If you want to know exactly what the difference is, you need to try it yourself, as I don't recall.

Jared

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:26:09 +0100, Alexander Gorbachev <gorbyx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Rich,
>
> If I remember correctly, it just complains about wrong syntax in case
> you re-arrange it.
>
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> Best regards,
> Alex Gorbachev
>
> On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:36:41 -0500, Rich Holland
> <holland_at_guidancetech.com> 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.
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