Re: file/tablespace deleted at the OS level

Charlie,

What I have used in the past in testing only. For this example, lets call them fodder_data and fodder_index.

startup mount
alter database datafile 'F:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TEST\FODDER_DATA01.DBF' offline drop;
alter database datafile 'F:\ORACLE\ORADATA\TEST\FODDER_INDEX01.DBF' offline drop;
alter database open;
drop tablespace fodder_data including contents; drop tablespace fodder_index including contents; alter database backup controlfile to trace; quit

ref - http://tahiti.oracle.com/pls/tahiti/tahiti.tabbed?section=75578

but I'd test it out first ...

Paul

Charlie Mengler wrote:
>
> Oracle V9.0.1 Solaris 2.6 a development instance
>
> I made more than one mistake which resulted in me
> deleting a file that held single table tablespace. Now
> the instance won't STARTUP (naturally). Since I
> can easily recreate the data, I'd like to know how
> to convince Oracle to ignore the missing file and
> startup.
>
> If my recovery steps fail, I'll get all the files for this
> instance restored from Thursday's cold backups.
>
> TIA & HAND!
>
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