Re: how to recover/restore a database using archive logs & control files 8i

Yes. Just hit return to use the suggested log filename.

If you're lucky, eventually you'll see "Media recovery complete." At this point, shut down the database and make a consistent filesystem copy of all the datafiles - keep it safe!

If you're unlucky, Oracle might start telling you that a different datafile needs recovery. If the file exists, proceed as before. If not, you're going to have to try and restore it using the operating system.

Good luck. Received on Tue Oct 04 2005 - 11:00:42 CDT