RE: RMAN limitiations when used with controlfile only

Good point. I've never needed to use TSPITR, but it could certainly come in handy in some situations.  

Here are the restrictions of TSPITR with and w/o a recovery catalog from the 10.2 doc - looks pretty much the same as the Metalink note:  

http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14191/rcmt spit001.htm#sthref769  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jared Still

The only stated limitation of using the controfile only is that stored scripts cannot be used. There are several documents on MetaLink that seem to contradict that. Limitations with TSPITR, databases that may be missing archive log backups do to being opened with RESETLOGS, and others I'm sure.

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