Re:How to drop a datafile ?

Perhaps your guess is right Dennis.

<Dennis>
For odd features like this marketing probably gets a list from support. </Dennis>

But Dennis,what is so "odd" in having this feature ? i think,only ORACLE CORP. knows.

Thanx & Regards,
Jp.

1-11-2003 02:49:30, DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM> wrote:

>Prem
> I will provide my guesses and maybe someone that knows the real story
>will reply. First, in order for Oracle to drop a datafile, you would somehow
>have to ensure that it is empty. I would guess if Oracle added this feature,
>then Oracle Support would receive a lot of questions about why it erred out
>for them.
> Second, for any software system, what is the portion most likely to cause
>an error? The part that changed last. If they created this feature at this
>late date, it would probably produce weird behavior sometime.
> Finally, developers develop what they are requested to develop. Those
>requests generally come from marketing. For odd features like this marketing
>probably gets a list from support. So, if many customers aren't requesting a
>feature, it will probably never get on the development feature list.
> But that is all just a guess based on my personal experience working for
>a software vendor long ago on a faraway planet, and that vendor certainly
>wasn't Oracle.
>
>Dennis Williams

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