MCQs > IT & Programming > Oracle 9i Administration > A Company shifts all its branches to one office building, so the very large EMPLOYEES table no longer requires the BUILDING_LOCATION column. The DBA decides to drop that column using the syntax given below: ALTER TABLE hr.employees DROP COLUMN building_location CASCADE CONSTRAINTS; Dropping this column has turned out to be time consuming and at the same time it requires a large amount of undo space. What should a DBA do to minimize the problem regarding time and undo space consumption?

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A Company shifts all its branches to one office building, so the very large EMPLOYEES table no longer requires the BUILDING_LOCATION column. The DBA decides to drop that column using the syntax given below:

ALTER TABLE hr.employees

DROP COLUMN building_location

CASCADE CONSTRAINTS;

Dropping this column has turned out to be time consuming and at the same time it requires a large amount of undo space.

What should a DBA do to minimize the problem regarding time and undo space consumption?

Answer

Correct Answer: Add a checkpoint to the DROP UNUSED COLUMNS command to minimize undo space.

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