If you want to drop ALL the partitions, then just drop the table (with the normal 'drop table xxx').
hth connor --- Simon Waibale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > We have two partitioned tables, T1 and T2. > T1 belongs to one user and has 8 partitions, 3 users > have a table called T2 > with 8 partitions. We are trying to : > 1) Alter tables (T1,T2) drop all partitions > 2) Take tablespaces holding the partitions offline > 3) Drop tablespaces > 4) drop users > > Trouble is in step step 1 for table T2 where we get > a)ora 144083: cannot drop the only partition of a > partitioned table > b)ora 14404: partitioned table contains partitions > in a different tablespace > > Can anyone try and explain to me the breakdown in my > steps to get rid of the > partitioning ? > Platform: Oracle 81700 on Tru64 Unix > > Thanking you, > --- > CSW > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Simon Waibale > 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). ===== Connor McDonald http://www.oracledba.co.uk (mirrored at http://www.oradba.freeserve.co.uk) "Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= 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).
