Re: howto drop a corrupt database ?

"Anurag Varma" <avdbi_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:_lxrb.6753$hB5.877_at_nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
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> "DJ" <nospamplease_at_goaway.com> wrote in message
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> > > It's kind of sad, with all the advanced features, Oracle failed to
provide
> > a
> > > "drop database" command until now.
> > >
> > >
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> > im kind ain two minds about that. i could imagine a situation where
someone
> > does drop database and everything goes and they didnt mean to
> > whereas havign to physically delete files is a clear intent of wanting
to
> > get rid of it.
> >
> > But thrn again, if I do wanna remove a database, i dont like having to
faff
> > around deleting every single file associated with it
> >
> >
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> It is said that 10g will provide a drop database command. Though I'd
believe that
> the datafiles need to be OMF for oracle to clean up the datafiles also.
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> Anurag
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i really can see people doing it by accident and the cacking themselves. i got 10g here, will give it a try Received on Sun Nov 09 2003 - 14:28:10 CST