When you do an online backup you need to backup the controlfile as part of the backup. The you have to recover the database using backup controlfile. If you don't have a controlfile you can try to create one. Check the docs for the correct syntax.
HTH, Ruth
-- --Original Message-- -- From: oracle-l-bounce@(protected) [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@(protected)]On Behalf Of Alessandro Vercelli Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 7:04 AM To: Oracle Freelists.org Subject: Recovery from online backup
I'm doing some backup/recovery tests on a not-operative database, following the scenarios in: