Exactly my point. The answer is 42. Scott Shafer San Antonio, TX 210-581-6217
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:19 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: How to drop a datafile from a tablespace quickly > > > > there is a hardware problem that necessitated Oracle coming down. the only > question is does the database come down cleanly when YOU want it to or > does it > come down with a crash, time undetermined, when the file is accessed? > > > > > |--------+-------------------------------> > | | | > | | | > | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | ms.osd.mil | > | | | > | | 05/15/2002 02:39 PM | > | | Please respond to | > | | ORACLE-L | > | | | > |--------+-------------------------------> > >----------------------------------------------------| > | | > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | cc: (bcc: Rachel Carmichael) | > | Subject: RE: How to drop a datafile from | > | a tablespace quickly | > >----------------------------------------------------| > > > > > Not that I'm aware of. Sounds like an interesting idea, but one I've > never > tried. I just told the users there was a hardware problem that > necessitated > oracle coming down (whether there was one or not). Dishonest? Maybe, but > it bought me the brief, immediate downtime necessary to prevent more > serious > problems in the future. > > Scott Shafer > San Antonio, TX > 210-581-6217 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: DENNIS WILLIAMS [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:58 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Subject: RE: How to drop a datafile from a tablespace quickly > > > > Scott - I agree with your advice. Could he take the bad datafile offline > > to > > prevent Oracle from writing to it (until he rebuilds the table)? Would > > that > > cause any other problems that I am overlooking? > > Dennis Williams > > DBA > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:33 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > > > No. Get some downtime, quickly(!) before data does get written to that > > file. Go through the export/drop tablespace/recreate. BTW, do you know > > _why_ the file header is corrupted? Is there a disk hardware problem? > > You > > are gonna have downtime sooner or later. Tell damagement to get over > it. > > > > Scott Shafer > > San Antonio, TX > > 210-581-6217 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Xie, Tom [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 11:58 AM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Subject: How to drop a datafile from a tablespace quickly > > > > > > Dear gurus: > > > > > > I just added a data file to a big tablespace (11GB) that has only one > > > table. Unfortunately, when it was being backed up, the file head head > > > corrupted. I don't have any backup of this file. I found that there is > > > no data in this file yet. So I want to drop the file from the > > > tablespace. As I know, to drop a data file, I have to export the data, > > > drop the tablespace and recreate it, and then import data back to > > > the tablespace. However, since our users can't stop using the table, > > > I won't have enough down time to do that. > > > > > > Is there anyway I can quickly drop a data file from a tablespace? > > > > > > Don't tell me using "alter database datafile '...' offline drop" > > command. > > > It won't work. > > > > > > I am working on Oracle 7.3.4. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Tom Xie > > > -- > > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > > -- > > > Author: Xie, Tom > > > 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: > > 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). 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