From: "David Boyd" <davidb158@hotmail.com>
To: oracle-l@freelists.org
Subject: RE: drop temp tablespace
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:22:10 -0500
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Thanks all of you who replied my message.  The old temp tablespace has been 
dropped.  It took more than 4 days.


>From: Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@singnet.com.sg>
>Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org
>To: oracle-l@freelists.org
>Subject: RE: drop temp tablespace
>Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 23:14:58 +0800
>
>
>If you say that DBA_SEGMENTS show 0 rows, how do you get a Used Size for
>the Tablespace ?
>
>Hemant
>At 04:35 PM 17-02-04 -0500, you wrote:
> >Guang,
> >
> >Thanks for your response.
> >
> >Initially I had to 'drop tablespace temp including contents'.  Currently 
>it
> >returns 0 for the query of select count(*) from dba_segments where
> >tablespace_name = 'TEMP'.  I can do 'drop tablespace temp' without 
>including
> >contents option.  However the used size is still increasing.
> >
> >
> > >From: "Guang Mei" <gmei@incyte.com>
> > >Reply-To: oracle-l@freelists.org
> > >To: <oracle-l@freelists.org>
> > >Subject: RE: drop temp tablespace
> > >Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:52:27 -0500
> > >
> > >After you switch all the users to the new temp ts, make sure there is 
>no
> > >objects sitting in your old temp tablespace:
> > >
> > >select count(*) from dba_segments where tablespace_name = 
><old_temp_ts>;
> > >
> > >if you get 0, then run
> > >
> > >alter tablespace <old_temp_ts> offline;
> > >
> > >-- replace your temp datafiles here:
> > >
> > >alter database datafile '/oracle/u2/oradata/YPD/temp01.dbf' offline;
> > >alter database datafile '/oracle/u2/oradata/YPD/temp02.dbf' offline;
> > >alter database datafile '/oracle/u2/oradata/YPD/temp03.dbf' offline;
> > >alter database datafile '/oracle/u2/oradata/YPD/temp04.dbf' offline;
> > >alter database datafile '/oracle/u2/oradata/YPD/temp05.dbf' offline;
> > >
> > >
> > >drop tablespace <old_temp_ts> ;
> > >
> > >
> > >If this does not work, you proabably have a wait a while and try it 
>again.
> > >If still not working, you might have to bounce the DB.
> > >
> > >HTH.
> > >
> > >Guang
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org
> > >[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org]On Behalf Of David Boyd
> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:08 PM
> > >To: oracle-l@freelists.org
> > >Subject: drop temp tablespace
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi List,
> > >
> > >Our TEMP tablespace took Oracle default setting that was auto extending 
>up
> > >to 32 GB.  Last week the tablespace had grown to 18 GB.  I tried to 
>drop
> > >the
> > >tablespace after I removed any body's temporary tablespace to a newly
> > >created temp tablespace with much smaller size.  The dropping process 
>is
> > >very slow.  I started last Friday.  The used size in the old temp
> > >tablespace
> > >had been decreased from 18 GB to 3.8 GB yesterday afternoon.  I issued 
>the
> > >drop command through TOAD job scheduler.  There was one failure with 
>the
> > >job
> > >when I checked this morning.  The dropping process seemed stopped.  I 
>had
> > >to
> > >kill the job.  Now the used size in the old temp tablespace is coming 
>back
> > >slowly even through I issued another dropping command in SQLPLUS.  I 
>was
> > >wondering if any one has any way to drop the temp tablespace quickly.
> > >Thanks in advance.
> > >
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>http://hkchital.tripod.com  {last updated 24-Jan-04}
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