Quote Originally Posted by greenchille
RMAN-01005: syntax error: found "single-quoted-string": expecting one of: "tag"
Apologies about the "show all" thing... I don't have any 8i databases around to test, but the documentation should clear that right up for you.

Lets have a look at the script you use to backup the database and controlfile. Are you using tags to identify your backupsets?