Re: deleting a database

Hans Forbrich wrote:

>Peter Morris wrote:
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>>"DJ" <nospamplease_at_goaway.com> wrote in message
>>news:nOEkb.3971$KA5.34820_at_newsfep4-glfd.server.ntli.net...
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>>>Shutdown the service, use oradim -delete to delete the service, then you
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>>can
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>>>delete all datafile redp logs control files and anything else associated
>>>with that database.
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>>>Then youcan be sure it's gone sinceyou have deleted it yourself
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>>More information, please. What's oradim -delete? What tool
>>do I run it in?
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>If you don't grok oradim you might consider going to
>http://docs.oracle.com and searching for the term.
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>It's a 'DOS box' kinda thing.
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Come on Hans give the OP a break.

Go to the Oracle bin directory ... likely something like c:\oracle\ora92\bin

There you will see an executable named oradim.exe

At the DOS prompt type oradim and it will give you the syntax to drop the services.

Of course you could just edit the registry to accomplish the same thing but oradim is a whole lot safer.

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