Re: Datafile info.

See if the file appears in the output of

   select status,name from v$datafile;

How about 'alter system backup controlfile to trace'.

Does the file show up there?

How old is the timestamp on the file?

Jared

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:38:17 -0500, Jaehne, Richard S <jaehners_at_state.gov> wrote:
> All,=20
>
> I've got a large (4G.) datafile let's call him BIG.dbf on one of my =
> database servers that I'm not sure what's living in it. =20
>
> I did run the following sql statement:
>
> SQL> select TABLESPACE_NAME, BYTES, BLOCKS from DBA_DATAFILES
> 2 where FILE_NAME =3D '/oracle/dbs/BIG.dbf';
>
> no rows selected
>
> Does this mean that this is an empty file? I'm a little puzzled.
>
> Thanks,=20
>
> Richard Jaehne
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