try putting double quotes around the name of the tablespace
Pat
>
> I am unable to drop a tablespace that I created.
>
> I created the tablespace with a lower case name, when I do a select * from
> dba_tablespaces the name
> is lowercase as opposed to uppercase.
>
> When I "drop tablespace spatial" oracle gives the following error message :
>
> ORA-00959: tablespace 'SPATIAL' does not exist
>
> This is oracle 8.1.7.2.?
>
> Thanks
>
> Darren
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