Hi Saroj If the table has been dropped or truncated then you have to do media recovery which means that you have to: 1. restore the backup 2. Do the point-in-time recovery and then stop the recovery just before the table deletes. 3. Open the database using resetlogs. This also means that you will lose all the transaction occurred after the table deletes. If you can not afford to lose the transaction, then 1. you could restore the system, rollback and the datafile in which the table has extents to a DIFFERENT server and 2. recover the database just before the table deletes, 3. open the database using resetlogs 4. export the table from this database to the actual production database.. If the database is in the backup mode then the Media recovery becomes slightly complicated and you need to switchoff the backup mode just before opening the database using alter database datafile 'file name' end backup command. Hope this helps!! Thanks Riyaj "Re-yas" Shamsudeen Certified Oracle DBA "These are my comments and does not bind me or my employer. Use at your own risk" "Dash, Saroj (CAP,CEF)" To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <Saroj.Dash@geca cc: pital.com> Subject: !!**** Urgent HELP (Table Deleted In Production ) Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/09/01 11:06 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L Dear Friends In product databace one of the developer had deleted a table and commited it , database is in online backup but no export backup or table backup Please tell me how can the table be recovered please guide me the exact detaied steps torecover the table After getting the reply i will start it Thanks and Best regards I tried this command recover database until time '2001-02-09:22:00:00' ; it gived the following error recovery session canceled due to errors ORA-01124: cannot recover data file 1 - file is in use or recovery ORA-01110: data file 1: '/db/oracle/oradata/tlisuser/system01.dbf' SVRMGR> recover database ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors ORA-01124: cannot recover data file 1 - file is in use or recovery ORA-01110: data file 1: '/db/oracle/oradata/tlisuser/system01.dbf' SVRMGR> recover database until time '2001-02-09:22:00:00' ; ORA-00283: recovery session canceled due to errors ORA-01124: cannot recover data file 1 - file is in use or recovery ORA-01110: data file 1: '/db/oracle/oradata/tlisuser/system01.dbf' SVRMGR> select * from v$backup ; then again i shut down the database then up it again i tried but same errors Plese reply soon saroj dash -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Dash, Saroj (CAP,CEF) 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: 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).