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Re: free up datafile space problem ???

From: JOE TESTA <JTESTA_at_longaberger.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 11:03:58 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.003631E4.20010807111744@fatcity.com>

its like the high water mark in a table but its at the datafile side instead.
 
if any block in the datafile has ever had data in it, you can't shrink it below that point.
 
hth, joe
 
>>> janetlinsy_at_YAHOO.COM 08/07/01 02:40PM
>>>Hi all,I have a data file of 2G and the free bytes is
1,413,079, the used bytes is only 683,829.  I like toresize it.  When I issue:alter database
datafile'/orafs02/oradata/PV_A0725/ld_data05.dbf' resize1000M, I got:ERROR at line 1:ORA-03297: file contains used data beyond requestedRESIZE valueBut apparently, the file does NOT contain data beyond1000M.  Am I missing something?Thank

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