RE: lost datafile and checkpoing

I have a feeling if you alter tablespace xyz offline, that might get a reaction; definitely when you try to bring it back on line I think.

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I have been testing backups against Oracle9 db.
> I have renamed a datafile from file.dbf to file.dbf2.
> Then I ran a checkpoint expecting it to fail, but it
> didn't. I have done that several time without getting
> any warning from checkpoint. I though that checkpoint
> should 'touch" all the datafile and notice that one
> of them is missing. am I wrong?
>

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