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How to drop a file from the system tablespace

edited Sep 14, 2016 5:13PM in Database Administration (MOSC) 5 commentsAnswered ✓

Hello, oracle 12.1.0.2, SuSE Linux 11, x86-64

Trusty 'ol SQL Developer.  Needed to add a datafile to a database and SQL Developer built the DDL to add it to the SYSTEM tablespace.  I didn't review the DDL closely enough and ran the command.  Now I need to drop this datafile from the SYSTEM tablespace but near the bottom of this page: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28310/dfiles006.htm it clearly says you cannot drop datafiles from the system tablespace. 

Can anyone out there tell me the best way to accomplish this?

Humbly,

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