CAN WE RECOVER A DDL STATEMENT OR DATA

Question

HI,
CAN ANYBODY TELL ME HOW TO RECOVER A DDL STATEMENT OR DROPPED TABLE OR COMMITTED DATA....
I HAVE TRIED A LOT BUT I COULDN'T ABLE TO RECOVER THE DATA . IWAS USING INCOMPLETE MEDIA RECOVERY.EVEN THE STATEMNET WAS SUCCESSFUL BUT WHEN ICHECK OUT WHETHER I RECOVERED OR NOT THE ANSWER IS NOT.EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE LATEST ATCHIVED LOGS.
PLS HELP ME....

Answer 1

how you are perofrming incomplete recovery paste the workaround like here to proof you are not getting revert back table like that.
RMAN> backup database
2> ;
SQL> conn scott/tiger
Connected.
SQL> create table x as select * from all_objects
  2  /
Table created.
SQL> conn sys/sys as sysdba
Connected.
SQL> alter system switch logfile
  2  /
System altered.
SQL> conn scott/tiger
Connected.
SQL> select to_char(sysdate,'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')
  2    from dual
  3  /
TO_CHAR(SYSDATE,'DD
12-05-2008 17:23:59
SQL> drop table x
  2  /
Table dropped.
RMAN> run
2> {
3>  shutdown immediate;
4>  startup mount;
5>  set until time "to_date('12-05-2008 17:23:59','DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS')";
6>  restore database;
7>  recover database;
8> }
RMAN> alter database open resetlogs
2> ;
database opened
SQL> show user
USER is "SCOTT"
SQL> desc x
Name                                      Null?    Type
OWNER                                              VARCHAR2(30)
OBJECT_NAME                                        VARCHAR2(30)
SUBOBJECT_NAME                                     VARCHAR2(30)
OBJECT_ID                                          NUMBER
DATA_OBJECT_ID                                     NUMBER
OBJECT_TYPE                                        VARCHAR2(19)
CREATED                                            DATE
LAST_DDL_TIME                                      DATE
TIMESTAMP                                          VARCHAR2(19)
STATUS                                             VARCHAR2(7)
TEMPORARY                                          VARCHAR2(1)
GENERATED                                          VARCHAR2(1)
SECONDARY                                          VARCHAR2(1)
SQL> Khurram