Alter tablespace ... offline didn't work in testing I did in 8.1.6, as it wants to checkpoint and update the datafiles in that tablespace when taking it to offline status. First alter database datafile '/missingdatafilename_goes_here' offline drop, then offline the tablespace.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/21/03 04:15PM >>> Dennis, How about this strategy? (1) Find out the tablespace the partition is in. (2) ALTER TABLESPACE ... OFFLINE; (3) ALTER TABLE ... DROP PARTITION ... HTH. Arup ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 1:55 PM > 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). 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