Well yours truly is doing a 3 hr backup/reocvery presetation on a geek cruise in may(2002). Those of you who've had backup/recovery problems(more like recovery problems), if you'd like to share some of the scenarios/problems you've run into, the more bizarre the better, corrupted redo logs, etc. If you'd kindly email them to me, i'll include then in the lesson(and will send you a copy of the slides when completed).
Also, there is at least one person(the goddess) who has dealt with oracle support on this, my question is(as my inquiring mind would like to know), has anyone attempted to write the tool to so that(the unloader thing), reading the raw data blocks from a data file and dump out the data in simple insert statements. IF no one has, is anyone interested in trying it out? joe -- Joe Testa, Oracle DBA Want to have a good time with a bunch of geeks? Check out: http://www.geekcruises.com/standard_interface/future_cruises.html I'm presenting, when registering drop my name :) -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Joe Testa INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).