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Is it Possible to Speed Up the Drop of Unused Column That is GBs in Size? (Doc ID 358269.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 03, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.3 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.Goal

Is there any other way of dropping the 'unused column' of a table with its size in GBs since dropping the columns would require additional rollback space and would take time to complete?

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