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Difference between 'offline' and 'offline drop'

569820Jun 1 2007 — edited Jun 1 2007

Hi,

Can someone tell me what is the difference between the following 2 commands:

1. Alter database datafile '<file path and name>' offline
2. Alter database datafile '<file path and name>' offline drop

Does the second command drops the datafile? (in addition to making it offline)

If yes, then what will happen to tables and indexes which span more than one datafiles including this datafile?

and if no, then what is different between this command (2) and command(1) above?

Thanks.

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