Re: probleming dropping a tablespace

  • From: Andreas Piesk <a.piesk@xxxxxxx>
  • To: oracledbaquestions@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:20:27 +0100

Dba DBA schrieb:
> 10.2.0.1 <http://10.2.0.1>
> windows server 2003
>  
> I was creating a tablespace today and lost my VPN connection. I log back
> in. No tablespace, but the datafile is. I go to remove the datafile and
> it says that oracle is using it.
> I checked the data dictionary before hand and the tablespace does not
> appear in dba_tablespaces.
>  
> if i shutdown oracle and simply delete the datafile at the OS, is this
> safe? Should I be able to restart oracle without a problem?

don't delete it, just rename it. if you have problems after bouncing the
instance, you can rename it back.

-ap

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