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How to drop datafiles after droping schema from database

user12009184Nov 20 2011 — edited Nov 20 2011
Hi

can any one please suggest me.

i have one production database which size 300gb in that database having 3 db schema

out of three schema 1 schema size is 180GB it contain 30 datafiles, this schema present in USERS tablespace.

now i am plan to drop this schema whose size is 180gb after droping schema how can i drop the datafile(how do i understand datafile which not cantain any data i.e the file is OK to delete or dropped)

because i need to minimize database size

please suggest me the steps that need to follows.

i need to shrink tablespace


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