drop the whole datase
I have trie using the follwoing,
dropdatabase.sql file has the follwoing commands
shutdown abort;
	
startup mount exclusive restrict; 
	
drop database;
	
exit
	
and i tried running from command prompt as
C:\>sqlplus username/password @C:\dropdatabase.sql
but i got the following error
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
	
ORA-01031: insufficient privileges
	
drop database
	
*
	
ERROR at line 1:
	
ORA-01586: database must be mounted EXCLUSIVE and not open for this operation
	
pls tell me the correct steps to drop the database.
Thanks
