From oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Thu Mar 3 12:09:11 2005 Return-Path: Received: from air891.startdedicated.com (root@localhost) by orafaq.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j23I9BTQ006176 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:09:11 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 206.53.239.180 Received: from turing.freelists.org (freelists-180.iquest.net [206.53.239.180]) by air891.startdedicated.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j23I98em006170 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:09:09 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B338F7D7E9; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:02:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32648-02; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:02:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from turing (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 090837D881; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:02:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Igor Neyman" To: , Cc: Subject: RE: how can you protect read-only indexes? Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:59:35 -0500 Message-ID: <001d01c52012$60c52480$2004a8c0@development.perceptron.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: X-archive-position: 16885 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-To: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: ineyman@perceptron.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: ineyman@perceptron.com X-list: oracle-l X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p9 (Debian) at avenirtech.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on air891.startdedicated.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Level: Juan, Please learn to read original e-mails carefully. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA ineyman@perceptron.com -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:49 AM To: carmen.rusu@rrc.state.tx.us Cc: oracle-l@freelists.org Subject: Re: how can you protect read-only indexes? Hi carmen, move to a tablespace, and make it read only. On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:03:01 -0600, Carmen Rusu wrote: > Oracle EE 9.2.0.4 64 bit > SunOS 5.8 64bit > data warehouse db ~100gb right now, growing every month > no partitioning yet > > Just verified that you can drop an index when its underlying tablespace > is in read-only mode. > > It happened when an ETL job ran second time, by mistake. The > corresponding tables, also on read-only tablespaces, survived ok the > truncate op. > > So, what can I do to foolproof my ETL, so that the indexes are not > dropped by mistake next time? > > Thanks, > -Carmen Rusu > Oracle DBA > > -- > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Oracle Certified Profesional 9i 10g Orace Certified Professional Developer 6i 8 years of experience in Oracle 7,8i,9i,10g and developer 6i -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l