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Running onspaces -d to drop a space but see error Cannot drop the Space. ISAM error: DBspace is not empty


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Problem(Abstract)

You are trying to drop a space running onspaces -d but an error is returned:

Cannot drop the Space.
ISAM error: DBspace is not empty

Cause

  • Space is still in use
  • Possibly APAR

Diagnosing the problem

oncheck -pe

Resolving the problem

  • Drop user created tables that still exist in the dbspace. Then drop the dbspace.
  • If only TBLSPACE and FREE entries remain in the dbspace then drop the dbspace instead of trying to drop individual chunks. You cannot drop chunks with TBLSPACE entries but you can drop a dbspace that has only TBLSPACE and FREE entries.


How to determine which tables have byte or text (blob) data stored in a blobspace.
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21594966


IC80385: DROPPING A BLOBSPACE FAILS IF NO CHECKPOINT OCCURRED BETWEEN TABLE CREATION AND DROPPING THAT TABLE'S TEXT OR BYTE COLUMN
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC80385


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Document information

Informix Servers


Software version:
7.3, 9.4, 10.0, 11.1, 11.5, 11.7


Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows


Reference #:
1594965


Modified date:
2013-01-15

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