Re: lost control files

[David L Phillips]

No. It would be like getting amnesia and just using the memories of someone that looks like you. The data stored in the control files is unique to that database. It contains location of files, database name, recovery info etc.     David L Phillips Database Consultant (8i OCP) Digital Concepts Inc. ----- Original Message ----- From: BigP To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:18 PM Subject: lost control files       If I loose all my control files can I restore them by using create control file dump from a similer database .