Hi,

Iam using oracle 9i and win2000 server in my PC. I have taken backup control file to trace and then deleted all my control files,then edited control file (removed reuse in create control file command) and saved in f: drive,then i did following process..

c:>sqlplus
connect /as sysdba
connected to ideal instance
SQL>@f:\control
sp2-0042 : unknown command " DATAFILE " rest of line ignored.
sp2-0734 : unknown command beginning " 'f:\oracle..." rest of line ignored
sp2-0734 : unknown command beginning " 'f:\oracle..." rest of line ignored
sp2-0734 : unknown command beginning " 'f:\oracle..." rest of line ignored
sp2-0734 : unknown command beginning " 'CHARACTER... " rest of line ignored
1 create controlfile dtabase "TEST" norestetlogs
2 maxlogfiiles 50
3 maxlogmemebers 5
4 maxdatafiles 100
5 max instances 1
6 maxloghistory 113
7 LOGFILE
8 GROUP 1 'f:\oracle\oradata\TEST\REDO01.log' size 100m
9 GROUP 2 'f:\oracle\oradata\TEST\REDO02.log' size 100m
10* GROUP 3 'f:\oracle\oradata\TEST\REDO03.log' size 100m
SQL>

This is the first time for me to create new control file.
pls help to proceed further.