Aleem, Did you mention control files, redo log files, archive log files with recovery in mind? If so, you probably don't need it.
Read next if you have all the files for the database on this one poor hard drive: Review the cause for "create table as select..." command. If it is the message like "unable to allocate extent..." something (don't remeber exact phrase) then your datafiles have AUTOEXTEND ON option. Once they extended to take all the space on the disk, you've got the error message. And your log information has probably also noticeable grown as Jack sad in another answer. You can shrink you datafile(s). But should not trash you archive logs (unless of course you want to have you database safe). To get rid of archive log info you may perform a full backup. -- Alexandre > Hi! > > Our Oracle database is installed on second partition of the drive capacity > 7GB. Last night one the developers executed a query to create and populate a > table from another table. The query wasn't successful i.e., the table > couldn't get created. > > However the database size has grown enormous almost occupying the whole disc > space. > > There are control files, redo log files, archive log files. > > What to do? > > TIA! > > Aleem > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Abdul Aleem > 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: Alexandre Gorbatchev 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).
