It isn't an OPS issue, you can't drop a datafile without dropping the entire tablespace. This has never been possible.
-----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:08 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hello list, Oracle 8.1.6.3.0, on HP-UX 11.0, using Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) According to Oracle, I should be able to drop a datafile that has no data written to it, but I can not. Neither DBA studio (the garbage can stays 'grayed'), nor the command line (alter tablespace, with the DROP clause) works. I had immediately taken the datafile offline (I had typed sbplus_x18.dbf instead of sbplus_x16.dbf for the datafile name to use in case you are wondering how this turn of events happened in the first place), and checked all of the books, and Meta-Link. I tried a test on a non-production machine, no go; even taking the tablespace off-line first makes no difference. And of course I get errors as one node can not see the other nodes sbplus_x18.dbf datafile. I tried an 'alter system check datafiles' to see if this would make the other node happy (as the datafile is now off-line, this may work), but I need a solution other than exporting the data, rebuilding the tablespace, then importing the export. Anyone ever come across this issue ? Thank you, Paul Sherman DBA voice - 781-501-4143 (office) fax - 781-278-8341 (office) email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Sherman, Paul R. INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Miller, Jay INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
