RE: Drop datafile.

Hi Sesi,

Have restart your Oracle ?

Rgrds,

Sony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sesi Odury [SMTP:SesiO_at_netinfotech.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:53 PM
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> 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
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