“Sometimes shit happens”. That’s what I thought when I realized that I had lost all the control files of one of my test databases. Of course, I had no backup because “it’s just a test database”…

Fortunately, I only lost my control files but no datafiles or redo log files. This is a very important point because if you are in this situation, all is not lost!

So today, I will show you how you can recover your Oracle database after the loss of all control files.

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