Name

ALTER DATABASE OPEN

Synopsis

ALTER DATABASE OPEN dbname [NORESETLOGS | RESETLOGS]

SQL*Plus command. Opens the database after performing user-managed recovery.

Keywords

dbname

Specifies the name of the database to be opened.

NORESETLOGS

Continues numbering the archive logs from the last set. This is the default value and is used after a complete recovery of the database.

RESETLOGS

Needed after incomplete recovery or use of a backup control file to ensure that old archived logs are not used to recover the new incarnation of the database.

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