Recover DB without archive file

i didnt have proper backup, my archive log file also get lost. But my control file still having link to old archive files.
how can i do recovery?

If you don't have a backup and you don't have your archived log files, you're probably out of luck. What, exactly, do you have that can be used to restore the system? What, precisely, happened to your database that you're trying to recover from?
Generally, this is the sort of situation that you want to discuss immediately with Oracle Support rather than coming to this sort of forum. While we're generally happy to help, this is the sort of problem that you want a dedicated set of people working on, not something where you want lots of people chiming in, each of which will be making various sorts of assumptions about steps that are implied in their descriptions, about your environment, etc.
Your first order of business will be to take a complete backup of whatever you have left so that if the initial recovery attempts fail, you can always get back to this point. If you are not absolutely certain how to do this, please contact Oracle Support immediately.
Justin

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How to recover database without archive files

Hello,
I've a test database without archive files and I need to know how to recover it without using archive files.
What is SQL command to recover database wthout archives?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards,
Carles

There are serveral information missing in this posting and as a support personnel, I would like to find out more when I see postings like this.
1. This person wants to "Test" his backup and recovery in NOARCHIVELOG mode.
2. He/She did not say his database had already crashed or had a problem.
3. He/She did not give any indication the kind of scenario he wants to recover from.
4. He/She did not mention the state of his database at the time of he posting.
5. He/She did not mention the Release of his Oracle Server or Platform.
6. He/She did not mention the type of backup he already has in place (although provided later as Full COLD Backup). How "genuine" is the back?
7. What actions has already been taken to attempt recovery.
In my support experience, I normally would go through a list of questions witht he use/client to get the full picture of the current status of the database before I give answers that would worsen situations, especially in a Disaster Recovery sitaution.
Personaly, I would suggest you have a look at the list above. One of the most important is number 3 (The Recovery Scenario), then number 4, number 6 and 7. Number 7 will determine the situation of your database. So, when you ask for SQL commands to use, there are different commands for different kind of recovery depending on what has gone wrong or what kind of file is damaged (Datafiles, Logfiles, Control Files, one tablespace, one table, entire database gone, etc).

Recovery of table without archive file no 1,2 and 3

Hi all,
long back I had created a table. Recently one user has dropped the table by mistake. When I am looking for the archived file, I saw that, I have only file no 5,6 and 7 but file no. 1 and 2 are missing. Because of that reason, I am unable to recover that table. If anyone knows any method by which I can recover the table then please let me know.
Thanks and Warm Regards,
Baishali

Hi,
What is the database version?
How did you know that the table is stored in files 1, 2 and 3? If you have no backup of those files and/or a recent database backup (assuming that the table is stored in those files), then it is not possible to recover the data.
Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Basics
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14192/toc.htm
Oracle® Database Backup and Recovery Advanced User's Guide
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/backup.102/b14191/toc.htm
Do you have flashback enabled? If yes, then please refer to:
Using Flashback Drop and Managing the Recycle Bin
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14231/tables.htm#ADMIN01511
Regards,
Hussein

How do I restore addresses from archive file or time machine without iCloud overriding?

I recently had an issue with my address book contacts. About 90% of the contacts disappeared, then synched through iCloud to my iphone and ipad.....so nearly all my contacts were lost on all devices. I have both time machine and an address book archive file.
When I tried restoring from time machine, the iCloud synching saw it as an older version of the file and went to the deleted contacts version....i.e. I was right back where I started.
When I tried importing from the address book archive, the same thing happened.....iCloud saw the imported version as an older copy of the contacts file and deleted out everything I had just imported.
The only way I was able to get the contacts back was to go to time machine (with address book application open), select all the contacts, copy them, cancel out of time machine, and then paste the contacts into the current version of address book.....I guess the system sees that as a "new" version of the contact and doesn't overrite it. Problem is that it doesn't carry over all the different groups that way, and I have to move addresses into the groups all over again....kinda time consuming.
Any ideas on how to import from archive or restore from time machine (the normal way) without iCloud synching overriding the "older" and desired version of the file? Address book doesn't have any option to "override current contacts with imported ones".....
Thanks.

Try this:
Turn off your internet connection completely: check it's really off.
Import your backup into Address Book.
Select all your contacts.
From the File menu choose Export>vCard and save the file somewhere convenient.
Now turn the internet connection back on. Your contacts will disappear from Address Book again.
From the File menu choose 'Import' and select the file you exported to.
Hopefully this contacts list will stay in place: wait until it's synced to iCloud and check that it's on the website and syncs to your Phone.

My challenge: recovering original iWeb files from 2010-2011 timeframe, which included a blog consisting of original postings from me and comments posted to the web from family and friends. I have the web archive files - but did not move iWeb files then.

Background: I started this blog while living overseas and going to sea with the Navy. Missed the opportunity to move the iWeb files with content attached from the mobile.me server to another server. Now, I have the original web archive files - good - but not the comments added to them by family and friends - bad.
My ultimate objective is to create a hard-cover bound book of these files with the comments on the blog ... they document a rather significant experience in my family's life ... to do this, I need to recover the original files with postings.
Any thoughts or insight would be sincerely appreciated!
Thanks, cfwnavy

You have replied to a post that is a month old now and the OP has never replied, so you are probably wasting your time here.
If you read the OP's post and my reply, you will see that he will not be able to recover his blog and neither will you.
If your Mac was stolen and you did not back up your iWeb domain.sites files, then you CANNOT get your blog back.
If you published your site to a host/server, then you can download it back onto your Mac and you will have to re-build your blog/website from scratch and re-publish, but all your replies and responses to posts will be lost and you can never get these back.
My advice would be to re-create your blog in another format such as WordPress.com which is free and don't use iWeb again.
There are plenty of alternatives out there.

How to recover a lost archive log file?

How to recover a lost archive log file? Do I need to open the database with RESETLOGS after recovery?-------No.156

I think he might rewrite the question in his own words.
I guess in the event of lost archive logs during db recovery, you have to open RESETLOGS and say goodbye to some of the data.

How to recover database without controlfile and redo files?

Hi all,
If I just have datafiles using hot backup saving in another machine, and all files in current database were lost including data files,control files and redo log files .
How can I recover database just using hot backup datafiles? without control file, without redo files.
Your help is greatly appreciated.

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MAXLOGMEMBERS 3
MAXDATAFILES 100
MAXINSTANCES 8
MAXLOGHISTORY 454
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GROUP 2 'E:\ORACLE2\PRODUCT\10.1.0\ORADATA\O10G1\REDO02.LOG' SIZE 10M,
GROUP 3 'E:\ORACLE2\PRODUCT\10.1.0\ORADATA\O10G1\REDO03.LOG' SIZE 10M
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SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Tue Apr
11 06:44:28 2006
Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect / as sysdba;
Connected to an idle instance.
SQL> startup nomount
pfile='C:\oracle\product\10.1.0\admin\jeeno\pfile\jeenoinit.ora'
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 171966464 bytes
Fixed Size 787988 bytes
Variable Size 145750508 bytes
Database Buffers 25165824 bytes
Redo Buffers 262144 bytes
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How to recover the data from the corrupted SAP archive files throgh SARA.

Hi All ,
We have restore the archive files on storage from 5 different backups, still the files are not readable through transaction code SARA. when we click on store button in SARA, it will not give the option to store the files and gives the error that file is not readable by the systems.. How can we retrive the data through these files? Please let me know.
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Thanks for your response.
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Problem in Archiving File From FTP Server to XI File Server Using FCC

Hi,
The scenario is file to IDOc. XI has to read the input file from client FTP server and archive it to XI local file server. Archiving on XI server is working fine without FCC (for xml files). But with FCC, the sender FTP adapter is archiving empty files (0 kb files).
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HT3523 I can play an .mov file but cannot open it to move it to another drive/disc/etc. When we try to open it, we get a message that says "The movie file for "beanmine.mov" cannot be found. Without this file, the movie cannot play properly."

We can play a .mov file (a full-length film created in final cut pro) but cannot actually open it in QuickTime. We get the error message saying that a file is missing, and the movie can't play properly without the file. The thing is, we can play the film, we just can't open it to move it to another drive. Help?
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We can play a .mov file (a full-length film created in final cut pro) but cannot actually open it in QuickTime. We get the error message saying that a file is missing, and the movie can't play properly without the file. The thing is, we can play the film, we just can't open it to move it to another drive. Help?
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I've got a database that must run 24x7 without being monitored by a DBA.
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2. Is it possible to get Oracle to automatically delete old trace files located in udump and bdump?
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