Hamid Is there any chance this was created as an Oracle Managed File (OMF)? http://otn.oracle.com/products/oracle9i/daily/04.html
They have special file names. Dennis Williams DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA Lifetouch, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 3:35 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi List, Today I have dropped a big tablespace(4 Gig) as soon as I dropped it the data file also disappeared from the list of datafiles, as I know the datafile must be removed manually Any idea? I am using 9.0.1 on solaris 2.8 Thanks, Hamid Alavi Office : 818-737-0526 Cell phone : 818-416-5095 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Hamid Alavi 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).