Thanks Arup I have tried some experiments on our test system. It is that old problem of Oracle having so much integrity that you can't do something simple like that. When you try to just drop the partition, Oracle says "woops I can't read the file that partition is stored on". Looks as if my only choice is to move the data to a temporary table, rebuild the table and partitions, and move the data back. I'm guessing that will be faster than export/import. Fortunately it isn't an extremely large table. Dennis Williams DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:50 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Dennis, Why not just drop the partition? Arup ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 9:19 AM > I lost a data file that contained the tablespace for an empty partition. I > dropped the datafile from Oracle, and the table itself seems okay, but I'm > wondering what I can do with that partition. Can I simply merge that > partition with another partition? Any ideas especially if you've encountered > a similar situation would be welcome. > > Oracle 8.1.6 > Alpha Tru64 > Range partitions > > > > > Dennis Williams > DBA, 40%OCP, 100% DBA > Lifetouch, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > 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: Arup Nanda 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: DENNIS WILLIAMS 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).
