RE: Changing the name of a tablespace with Oracle ?

Well you could do this I suppose.... you could also just tear up your support contract, as Oracle Support doesn't usually deal with people who update the SYS tables without explicit instructions.

I *can* shoot myself in the foot...... but would I want to?

>From: "Shreepad Vaidya" <Shreepad.Vaidya_at_alltel.com>
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>Subject: RE: Changing the name of a tablespace with Oracle ?
>Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 21:20:20 -0800
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>
>Hi ,
>I agree that there is no normal method to rename a tablespace in
>Oracle .
>
>But i also agree with the method jorma tried out.
>
>I created a user . Assigned a default tablespace and created a table .
>
>updated the column "name" in sys.ts$ .
>
>Checked out the dba_tables . This showed the changed value for the
>tablespace for the corresponding table.
>Also checked dba_segments . This also showed the appropriate new
>value.
>
>So it should be accepted that it can be done............
>
>I guess dba_tables , dba_segments picks up data from sys.ts$.
>
>
>HTH
>
> shreepad.
>
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>To: Shreepad Vaidya/EMEA/ALLTELCORP, ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com AT
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>Hello Yannick !! How is going in Grenoble ?
>
>For You question:
>
>No, it's not possible by Oracle supported way.
>
>Of course, You can update column "name" of the data dictionary
>table sys.ts$ if You want excitement in Your life. Done before
>in my test db and it works fine :), but I don,t recommend it.
>
>Br.Jorma
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EXT Yannick Tireford [mailto:yannick_tireford_at_hp.com]
> > Sent: 06 December, 2000 16:56
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> > Subject: Changing the name of a tablespace with Oracle ?
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> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > does anybody know if there is a way to change the name of an
>already
> > created tablespace ? Oracle version is 8.0.6.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Yannick
> >
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