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How to retrieve the default path for datafiles [message #369344] Mon, 21 August 2000 12:34 Go to next message
Paul
Messages: 164
Registered: April 1999
Senior Member
Hi All,
running the following statement on 3 NT machines:

CREATE TABLESPACE new_user_DATA
DATAFILE 'new_user_DATA' SIZE _tec_size....etc...

in 2 pc the datafile is created under c:\orant\database but in the 3rd pc, the datafile is created under c:\winnt\system32.
Could someone tell me how is it possible to retrieve the default path where the datafile will be created when it's not specified ?
Thanks in advance...ciao,
Paul

p.s. Also using select * from dba_data_files I don't have the full path where the files has been created but just its name.
Re: How to retrieve the default path for datafiles [message #369346 is a reply to message #369344] Tue, 22 August 2000 04:29 Go to previous message
Gawie Opperman
Messages: 9
Registered: August 2000
Junior Member
Hallo Paul,

I think what is happening here is that because you don't specify the full path, the 'current' directory is used. The current directory I would guess would be the one from where oracle was started and there isn't a default path. Rather follow the golden rule, don't use a releative path, but specify the FULL path, then the complete path would appear in DBA_DATA_FILES. I suggest you rename (and move) your datafiles to show the complete filenames.

Gawie
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