Env. HP-UX 10.2 Oracle 7.1.6 Archivelog mode
Found this in the alert.log Dictionary check beginning File #41 found in data dictionary but not in controlfile. Creating OFFLINE file 'MISSING0041' in the controlfile. Dictionary check complete I did a dump of the controlfile to trace and checked. It had MISSING0041 in it. However, I did a find on this file and couldn't find it. Does this mean MISSING0041 was just updated in the controlfile and was not actually created as a physical file? I know the complete path/filename of what this MISSING0041 datafile should be (it should be /u2/db/archive2_2.dbf). This is actually the 3rd datafile of ARCHIVE tablespace. If this file existed then it would have been an easy rename of datafile via "ALTER TABLESPACE ... RENAME DATAFILE...". But there is no physical file to rename. I don't think I can do a create a file via "ALTER DATABASE CREATE DATAFILE..." in this case because the controlfile won't have the correct path/filename of this datafile (it's got 'MISSING0041' SIZE 500M). How do I go about recreating a physical file having the correct filename and size? TIA, Ross -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ross Collado 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).
