Re: Droping an unused chunk -Reply
I missed the original post so do not know the
version but in 7.x chunks can be dropped with
onspaces -d or from onmonitor. Must be empty.rgds
Peter Tashkoff <tashkop@zespri.co.nz>
Zespri International Limited
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>>> Daniel Williams <danny@uk.ibm.com>
19/June/1997 12:16am >>>
Winson Kwok wrote:
> > Dear Gurus,
> > If I have a chunk that's not used (but added to
the dbs) is it possible
> to drop it to free space.
> > Chris
Simple answer: No
Soution: Backup the dbspace; drop the dbspace;
recreate the dbspace with the smaller size; restore
the backup.
There may be an method known to Informix
employees (such as messing around with
sysmaster tables) but I don't know of one.
Dan