You can issue the command:
Alter database datafile '/u001/oradata/mydatafile01.dbf' resize 1MB
Some caveats:
1. BACK UP THE DATABASE BEFORE YOU DO THIS
2. The space you are dropping must be contiguous free space at the
end of the datafile. Check dba_free_space to see how much you can
decrease and if colaesce might help you.
3. If you are using multiple dbwriters, you might have problems
accessing a resized datafile. It's an Oracle bug I saw in one of my v7x
databases (that I haven't had a problem with in 8i). You'll have
to shiutdown and restart.
4. BACK UP THE DATABASE AFTER YOU DO THIS
David A. Barbour
Oracle DBA, OCP
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i want if any body try to resize a datafile to a lower value.
i'm on oracle 7.3.4 on hpunix 10.0
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