Re: Drop a column in a 9 million records table

From: Tim Sawmiller <sawmillert_at_state.mi.us>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 11:30:17 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002C3E23.20010305094527@fatcity.com>

Yes even DDL uses rollback segments. After all, the dictionary is just a bunch of tables like everything else...

>>> ccharvest_at_yahoo.com 03/05/01 11:10AM >>>
The database is Oracle8.1.7. I used the syntax: alter table foo drop column bar;

Why it gives run out of RBS error? Is alter table a DDL? How does it use RBS?

TIA Chris Harvest

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