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Drop Unused columns [message #639801]

Thu, 16 July 2015 08:14

preet_kumar
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Registered: March 2007

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I need to drop few columns from a table with over billion records and i tried both the below methods which takes almost 6hours

alter table abc set unused columns col1;
alter table abc drop unused columns;
AND
alter table abc set unused (col1,col2,col3,col4,col5);
alter table abc drop unused columns;

Is there any way reduce the drop time ?

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Re: Drop Unused columns [message #639804 is a reply to message #639801]

Thu, 16 July 2015 08:20

BlackSwan
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Registered: January 2009
Location: SoCal

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>Is there any way reduce the drop time ?
no, no way

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Re: Drop Unused columns [message #639805 is a reply to message #639801]

Thu, 16 July 2015 08:22

cookiemonster
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Rainy Manchester

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I'd try create table as select from original table minus the columns you don't want.

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Re: Drop Unused columns [message #639809 is a reply to message #639805]

Thu, 16 July 2015 09:28

bpeasland
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Registered: February 2015
Location: United States

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I might be faster to just mark the columns as unused and leave it at that. You will still have the columns there, technically. But dropping the column isn't going to get space back anyway.

Cheers,
Brian

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