I am doing 9ir2 hot backup/recovery test. I got problem on tempfile (temporary tablespace) drop problem. I can drop tempfile under "mount" mode, but NOT under database open: SQL> startup mount ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 202880128 bytes Fixed Size 451712 bytes Variable Size 83886080 bytes Database Buffers 117440512 bytes Redo Buffers 1101824 bytes Database mounted. SQL> alter database tempfile '/apps/oradata/eaii/temp01.dbf' drop; Database altered. SQL> alter database open; If I use same command when database open. It will hang in there for ever. Can anyone tell me how to drop tempfile when database open? Thanks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------