('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is)
Something to do with SYS.DUC$? Have you tried to delete all objects first (ie tables (with CASCADE CONSTRAINTS), views, types, packages, sequences, functions, procedures and synonyms - indexes, triggers and package bodies will go anyway) then to DROP USER without CASCADE ? Otherwise if your dictionary is <beep>ed recreating the database is indeed probably the best you have to do. Would do it fairly easily under Unix (remove all files, and run CREATE DATABASE from scratch, catalog and all), I don't see any reason why it should be any different under Windows. You can probably even use OUI to recreate your database (sigh).
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Leith" <mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk>
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
><ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Sent: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 03:53:19
>
>Hi All,
>
>I have *finally* got time to drop one of our test
>instances and recreate it
>(tomorrow), and wanted some feedback from all of
>you as to the best way to
>go around this?
>
>The current instance is 8.1.7. on a Win2K machine..
>The reason that I'm
>dropping/recreating (some of you may remember this)
>is because I simply
>*CANNOT* drop a user:
>
>sales>connect sys/sys_at_sales
>Connected.
>sales>select username, password
> 2 from dba_users
> 3 where username = 'SCOTT';
>
>USERNAME PASSWORD
>------------------------------
>------------------------------
>SCOTT F894844C34402B67
>
>sales>drop user scott cascade;
>drop user scott cascade
>*
>ERROR at line 1:
>ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1
>ORA-00942: table or view does not exist
>
>LOL!
>
>If anybody has seen this since I last asked the
>list, and has a solution,
>please speak up now as this will save me the time
>of dropping/recreating the
>instance..
>
>Moving on - what would you consider the best
>approach to dropping and
>recreating an instance on a Win32 platform? In the
>past (as these are purely
>test instances) I have simply blasted the whole
>directories (Oracle and
>all), then deleted any mention of "Oracle" within
>the registry (after taking
>a backup of course), and moved on to a completely
>fresh install (usually to
>go to a higher version). This time though, I would
>like to keep 8.1.7
>installed on this box, and would prefer to keep
>Oracle installed, and simply
>drop and recreate a fresh (empty) instance..
>
>How would you go about doing this?
>
>Advanced thanks.
>
>Mark
>
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