RE: Unable to drop a datafile

From: Mark W. Farnham <mwf_at_rsiz.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 22:18:31 -0400
Message-ID: <008801cd8bd5$e9ad5c40$bd0814c0$_at_rsiz.com>

What Mark said about sql_trace is a really good idea. Also, I wonder whether you need to purge your recyclebin or this has anything to do with as of date processing.

How much remains undeleted in the entire tablespace? Is copying what you want to keep to a new tablespace feasible as a workaround? Depending on the sizes, that may take less time than an sr.

Good luck.

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Bobak, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 8:27 PM To: Amir.Hameed_at_xerox.com; Ryan January Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: RE: Unable to drop a datafile

If you enable sql_trace, it may reveal the recursive sql that is catching that error. but you'll probably need to open an sr. -Mark

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"Hameed, Amir" <Amir.Hameed_at_xerox.com> wrote: Thanks Ryan. I have tried it with both absolute path and file_id but the outcome was the same.

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From: Ryan January [mailto:rjjanuary_at_multiservice.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 5:43 PM To: Hameed, Amir
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: Unable to drop a datafile

I have seen similar error messages once in a great while where character data was found and numeric data was expected. If I recall correctly you have to specify the full path of the datafile when attempting to drop it when not using the file number. Did you only supply the file name ('DATAFILE_NAME') in the command or did you give it the full path ( '/path/to/DATAFILE_NAME', '+DATA/<db>/DATAFILE/DATAFILE_NAME' , etc...) ?

Thanks,
Ryan

On 09/05/2012 09:34 AM, Hameed, Amir wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am trying to drop a datafile which is empty and contains no extent and
is not the first datafile of the tablespace either. I am getting the following error when I execute the drop command:
> alter tablespace <TS_NAME> drop datafile 'DATAFILE_NAME' ; alter
> tablespace .... drop datafile ....
> *
> ERROR at line 1:
> ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
> ORA-01426: numeric overflow
>
> The DB version is 11.1.0.7. Has anyone seen this issue and knows how to
resolve it?
>
> Thanks
> Amir
>
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