Re: Deleting a Datafile

Hi

You can use the "alter database datafile '/path/file_name' resize xxxx M;" to make a bigger file ;-) no need to remove the file from the tablespace !

Sathish Tatikonda wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Is it possible to delete a datafile from a tablespace? What I want to do it to move the data from one data file to a bigger data file and delete the old file.
>
>If will be of great help to me if any pointers are provided for the same.
>
>thanks in advance,
>Sathish.
>
>

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