Re: How to drop a database

There is not command to drop a database. You just have to remove all of the files associated with that database: control files, datafiles, etc.

Ruth
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To: <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>; <oracledba_at_lazydba.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 12:51 PM

> Hello all,
>
> Sorry to ask what might be a dumb question, but a friend wants to drop a
> test database (Solaris/Oracle 8.1.7) and I can't seem to find the right
> command(s).
>
> Would it be a series of alter database drop xxx?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Woody
>
>
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