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RE: Urgent! Taking a Long Time to drop Tables

From: Adams, Matthew (GEA, 088130) <MATT.ADAMS_at_APPL.GE.COM>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 14:31:39 -0500
Message-Id: <10715.124950@fatcity.com>


If the number of extents in the table is very large, then dropping the table will take a long time due to the recursive SQL necessary to manage the data dictionary.



Matt Adams - GE Appliances - matt.adams_at_appl.ge.com Doing linear scans over an associative array is like   trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Taylor [mailto:ltaylor_at_iq.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 2:12 PM
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> Subject: Urgent! Taking a Long Time to drop Tables
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone out there have any suggestions as to
> why it would take 12 minutes to drop tables.
> Where should I look first?
>
> Thanks
> Larry
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