Re[2]: changing db_block_size

Joe,

    No flame. There are other methods of doing the job, but the work!!! Spooling all the data out to comma delimited files, creating all those DDL scripts!! You'd have to be a masochist or else into some HEAVY re-engineering!

Dick Goulet

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Author: "Joseph S. Testa" <teci_at_oracle-dba.com>
Date:       3/27/2001 4:50 PM

last i checked that was your only choice, anyone like to flame me for that statement???? :)

joe
Roy Ferguson wrote:
>
> all,
>
> I would like to change the db_block_size (currently 2048) of our production
> database and would be interested in hearing from those that have done this on
a
> not so small database. This is our oracle financials/manufacturing server and
> is about 30GB in size. Did you recreate the database using imp/exp or another
> method?
>
> Running Oracle 8.0.5 on Sun Solaris 7.
>
> thanks in advance...roy

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