How to delete all tables in a tablespace in Oracle?

1 year ago
Olivia Parker
1 minute

To delete all tables in a tablespace, you can follow these steps:

  1. Firstly, make sure that no conversation is currently using any table in the tablespace.
  2. Connect to the database using the following statement and switch to the user who owns the table space to be dropped:
CONNECT username/password
  1. Then use the following statement to query all table names in that tablespace:
SELECT table_name FROM all_tables WHERE tablespace_name = 'tablespace_name';

The ‘tablespace_name’ is the name of the tablespace to be deleted.

  1. Delete each table that is queried using the following statement:
DROP TABLE table_name;

In this case, ‘table_name’ is the name of the table to be deleted.

  1. Finally, use the following statement to drop the table space:
DROP TABLESPACE tablespace_name INCLUDING CONTENTS;

This will delete the tablespace along with all tables and data within it.

Please make sure to properly back up before performing the above steps and ensure you understand the impact of the delete operation.

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