Re: 2 questions, deleting a tablespace on a damaged instance and tablespace

In <bl9bie$laf$1_at_reader2.panix.com> Stan Brown <stanb_at_panix.com> writes:

>In <VfWdb.129222$bo1.81848_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au> "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> writes:
 

>>"Stan Brown" <stanb_at_panix.com> wrote in message
>>news:bl9a5b$ks4$1_at_reader2.panix.com...
>>> In <bl99bk$kbg$1_at_reader2.panix.com> Stan Brown <stanb_at_panix.com> writes:
>>>
>>> >In <duUdb.129017$bo1.58527_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au> "Richard Foote"
 <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>> >>"Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>>> >>news:3f774ec9$0$32058$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
>>> >>> Stan Brown wrote:
>>> >>>
 

>>> >OK, thnaks for the clarification. I wasn't having any luck with the
>>> >original syntax.
 

>>> >So, for the file I have already deleted physicaly (which maps one to one
 to
>>> >a tablespace), then I should use something like "drop tablespcae
>>> >'table_space_name'"? ? After doing a startup mount?
 

>>> >Or would it be an alter databse command?
 

>>> >The exact syntax would be _most_ helpful. The instnaces is 7.3.4.5
>>>
>>>
>>> OK, I definatley need some syntax help here. I've tried the following:
>>>
>>> SVRMGR> drop tablespace INDEX1_TS ;
>>> drop tablespace INDEX1_TS
 

>>Hi Stan,
 

>>You can't drop a tablespace unless the database is open. As Howard mentioned
>>previously, you need to take the stuffed datafile offline first whilst the
>>database is in a mounted state. However, IIRC with Oracle7, you get an error
>>if you include the DROP clause if the database is in archivelog mode (the
>>drop clause is simply ignored in later releases). So you need to issue:
 

>>ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE 7 OFFLINE;
 
>Sorry that's not working:
 

>SVRMGR> connect internal
>Connected to an idle instance.
>SVRMGR> startup mount
 

>SVRMGR> ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE 7 OFFLINE;
>ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE 7 OFFLINE
> *
>ORA-02236: invalid file name
 

>The instnace is 7.3.4.5, if that matters.

I did get this to work, though.

SVRMGR> alter database datafile
'/db_local1/oradata/pwhse/indexes/index1.dbf' offline ; Statement processed.

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