Hi Sesi, Have restart your Oracle ?
Rgrds, Sony > -----Original Message----- > From: Sesi Odury [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:53 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Drop datafile. > > Hi, > > I restored the database from cold backup. There seems to be a problem with > one of the datafiles. Since there is no useful data in it, I tried > dropping it using... > > SQL> ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE '<ENTIRE PATH>' OFFLINE DROP; > > Database altered. > > > I also deleted the physical file by going to that location and deleting > it. > However I still find the datafile existing. > > SQL> select name, status from v$datafile; > I still find the datafile. > > Can someone suggest me something?? > > Thanks a lot... > Sesi > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Sesi Odury > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.net -- Author: Sony kristanto INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
