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Drop Tablespace Command Slow or Hanging (Doc ID 2060324.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 06, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.5 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Drop tablespace command is slow/hanging.

drop tablespace <tablespace_name> including contents and datafiles ;

Hanganalyze report shows the session waiting on "optimizer stats update retry" wait event.

 

Changes

 

Cause

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