The database is Oracle8.1.7. I used the syntax:
alter table foo drop column bar;
Why it gives run out of RBS error? Is alter table a
DDL? How does it use RBS?
TIA
Chris Harvest
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Probably to undo the changes in system tables (extents, etc.)
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The database is Oracle8.1.7. I used the syntax:
alter table foo drop column bar;
Why it gives run out of RBS error? Is alter
Chris, be careful,
Truncate will kill all 9 million records - everything. Truncate acts
vertically. Drop column has very different effect :) Records a safe, but one
column is gone. It acts horizontally. Use set unused, if waste space is not
an issue.
Just my $0.02
Vadim Gorbounov
Oracle DBA
Ruth to drop a column, use truncate?
Joe
Ruth Gramolini wrote:
Use truncate instead of drop. Ruth
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The database is Oracle8.1.7. I used the syntax:
alter
