Recover database with arc-file

Hi,
my database was in the archive-log and then we had a dataimport and the database crashed, because there was not enough space.
So i brought the database now to the mount status and i want to recover my database.
I take this:
recover database using BACKUP CONTROLFILE
and then it proposed me an archive-file but i must take an other one.
How can i choose the file?
Thanks in advance.
Nicole

And why on Earth are you throwing "using backup controlfile" in there?
ARE you using a backed up copy of your controlfile? No. You haven't mentioned restoring an old copy of the controlfile at all. So if you haven't restored one from backup, why in Heaven's name are you telling Oracle that the control file is out of date? Because that's what that recovery command does.
Once you say, "The control file you are using is not to be trusted regarding which logs have been generated because it's an old one I brought back from a backup made some time in the past", then it's no wonder that Oracle has a brain fit and starts proposing that archives be applied which don't actually exist yet. "Using backup controlfile" means "I will tell you when to stop applying redo, because this ancient controlfile can't do that for me reliably".
It does actually get worse: the fact that your database crashes doesn't inevitably mean you have to recover a thing. Instance crashes are recovered from completely automatically just by restarting the database.
So you probably didn't need to recover your database at all. You've used the wrong command to recover it even if it did. And by claiming your control file is out of date once, it is quite possible that you really do now need to perform a recovery that was originally completely unnecessary.
Not bad for a day's work! :-)
The golden rule of recoveries is: when you're in a hole, stop digging until you've worked out with near-complete certainty why you're in the hole in the first place. Diagnosis is king. Only then do you start planning recoveries.
The second golden rule of any recovery process, once you've started is: only restore from backup those files which are actually damaged. If your control file isn't lost or damaged, it doesn't need restoring. Same goes for any datafile, too.
And the third golden rule is: only recover that which you've restored. If you've restored file 4, you don't issue a "recover database" command. And if you haven't restored file 6, don't say 'recover datafile 6'. And if you haven't restored a binary copy of the controlfile made at some time in the past, don't say "using backup controlfile".
The final, not so much rule as inevitable consequence, is that botched, mistaken, wrong or partial recoveries screw your database up much worse than it was before you did anything. I hope you have a good backup of this database, because you're going to need it.

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