At 01:31 AM 10/07/2003 +0100, you wrote:

> > You'll see that it does indeed make the database
> > stop knowing about the shadow (as DROP SHADOW does) but without deleting
> > the shadow from disk. It also re-enables database attachments and allows
> > creation of a new shadow.
>
> >From the manual: 'This command deletes metadata references to the
>unavailable shadow corresponding to database'.
>
>It seems that this command was created just to allow a database to work if
>there is some problem with the shadow. Just like a 'DROP SHADOW' command
>without deleting nothing.

Yep.
Helen