From Cherie_Machler@gelco.com Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:55:40 -0700 From: Cherie_Machler@gelco.com Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:55:40 -0700 Subject: Re: Dropping partitions with data versus empty Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Stephane, Thanks for your reply. We are considering truncating the partitions first. Our main issue is recoverability. Not so much if we can't recover a partition that we want to get rid of but rather if we accidentally truncate a partition that we want to keep. Just trying to cover all our bases. Probably we will use the truncate command first. We'll just have to have someone proofread the script first. Cherie paquette stephane yahoo.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Dropping partitions with data versus empty root@fatcity.com 04/13/01 10:45 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L Removing data from a partition is not a lot of work : alter table X truncate partition Y ; --- Cherie_Machler@gelco.com a écrit : > > Anyone have any problems dropping partitions that > hold data? > > We are debating the risk involved in dropping > populated partitions > as opposed to purging the data out of them first and > then dropping > them (a lot of work). > > Theoretically, this should work o.k. but has anybody > actually had > problems doing this? > > Cherie > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: > INET: Cherie_Machler@gelco.com > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== Stéphane Paquette DBA Oracle, consultant entrepôt de données Oracle DBA, datawarehouse consultant stephane_paquette@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? -- Pour dialoguer en direct avec vos amis, Yahoo! Messenger : http://fr.messenger.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?paquette=20stephane?= INET: stephane_paquette@yahoo.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: INET: Cherie_Machler@gelco.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).