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From: stephenmorton@btinternet.com
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: Hit 4GB file size limit in Oracle 9.2.0.1.0 on W2003
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:52:14 -0800 (PST)
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Please could anybody help.  A friend has a corrupted database.  She
has execeed 4GB on the size of a datafile.  She has been told she will
need patch 2585700 and will have to restore her database.  I must
admit I was not aware of this problem.

I would be gratefull for any information, if anybody has experience of
this problem.  She want to be sure she is doing the right thing to
solve the problem.

Thanks in advance.

Best wishes, Stephen.