Re: drop tablespace temp INCLUDING CONTENTS hang

Hi!

Check from v$session_wait, on what is your dropping session waiting.

Tanel.

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:49 PM

> Hi:
>
> Oracle 8173 on Solaris 2.8.
>
> I am trying to convert temp tablespace to LMT. My plan is to
>
> 1.create another temp tablespace temp123
> 2.move all users to temp123
> 3.alter tablespace temp offline
> 4.drop tablespace temp
> 5.re-create temp tablespace as LMT
> 6.move all users to temp
> 7.drop tablespace temp123.
>
> But I am having problem in Step4. I found that there are still some
objects
> in temp ts even if I put it offline:
>
> SYS_at_remax-SQL> select count(*) from dba_segments where
> tablespace_name='TEMP';
>
> COUNT(*)
> ----------
> 1
>
>
> "drop tablespace temp" resulted in "ORA-01549 tablespace not empty, use
> INCLUDING CONTENTS option". However when I did
>
> drop tablespace temp INCLUDING CONTENTS;
>
> the sqlplus session just hang and I kept getting the same count(*) from
the
> following query (from another session)
>
> SYS_at_remax-SQL> select count(*) from fet$ where ts# = 3;
>
> COUNT(*)
> ----------
> 214
>
>
> I eventually killed the orginal sqlplus session.
>
> I did "ALTER TABLESPACE TEMP coalesce" and it did not seem to help.
>
> So my question is: How can I drop an offlined temp tablespace when there
is
> still segment(s) in it?
>
> I don't know if SMON would clean up the temp ts automatically (Some doc
says
> SMON would not do to TEMP ts). I also read that I could issue
>
> alter session set events 'immediate trace name DROP_SEGMENTS level 3';
>
> to mimic SMON, becuase
>
> SYS_at_remax-SQL> select name, ts# from ts$ where NAME='TEMP';
>
> NAME TS#
> ------------------------------ ----------
> TEMP 2
>
>
> But I am not ready to try it on our production system. Has anyone tries
this
> or has any suggestions? I don't want to bounce db. Would the objects in
TEMP
> ts be cleaned up by SMON if I wait for a couple of days?
>
> TIA.
>
> Guang
>
>
>
>
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