Re: Droping an unused chunk

Posted in 1997

Daniel Williams — Wed, 18 Jun 1997 13:16:21 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

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