Re: delete database file on server -> sharing violation

From: <sybrandb_at_hccnet.nl>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:27:38 +0200
Message-ID: <0dnfh3t1kqhb66sa5rii4dstbfokfgv8vn@4ax.com>

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:15:21 +0000 (UTC), Erland Sommarskog <esquel_at_sommarskog.se> wrote:

>But your answer is interesting. I take it that to get rid of database
>files with Oracle, DROP DATABASE is not the way to go, or at least it is
>not sufficient. But do you really have to reboot to get Oracle to let go
>of the files?

Unix (you know the OS people blinded by Microsoft know nothing about) will keep the inode of the file open, even if you deleted the file.

-- 
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA

Received on Thu Oct 18 2007 - 17:27:38 CDT