Re: rollback tablespace datafile too big

In article <8ls0j2$df9$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   fly13_at_my-deja.com wrote:
> Hi
> Here is a n easy question about RBS tablespace on Oracle 8.1.6.
> I had big transaction to do on a table.
> And so my RBS datafile (rbs1.dbf) is very big.
> The problem is when there is no transaction any more, and the commit
> has been done, the size of the RBS datafile is still the same.
> I try to coalesce this tablespace, but no result.
> Can someone help me to reduce the size of this file?
>
> Cheers in advance!!!
>
> Fly13
>
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Datafiles don't shrink when there is no data in them. Once you create a datafile you can't make it smaller without dropping the tablespace, deleting the datafile and then recreating the tablespace with a smaller datafile.

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David Fitzjarrell
Oracle Certified DBA


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