Dan - May be a good Oracle Support question. I've had pretty good luck with them on really challenging recoveries. My suggestion would be to try again. Load the files again from tape, but allow recovery when the database comes up. Since the database was shutdown abort, Oracle will want to automatically recover the database when it tries to start. The recovery information is probably in the redo logs (good reason to back them up). Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 5:19 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Here's the scenario - A backup was done of a database that had been shutdown with the abort option. The redo logs (no archiving) are also backed up. The controlfiles have since been lost. Business request - Retrieve a schema that has since been dropped from the database. Attempted solution - restore the backups, open the db without performing recovery (resetlogs and readonly corruption allowed). Unfortunately, this resulted in an ORA-00600 when it attempted to read the SYSTEM datafile. Does anyone have any ideas of how to open this db so we can get the data out of the schema? We don't care if it is not consistent. All assistance is appreciated. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS 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).