Hi, If its 10G you simply startup in exclusive restrict mode and type
drop database.
In less than 1 second the entire database is gone.

bob

henry Wollman wrote:

> This is a stupid question, I know, but how do I drop a database?
>
> I created a new rac database, but some parameters have defaulted to values
> too small and don't seem to be changeable. It might be easier to drop the db
> and start over, since there is no data yet.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Henry A.L. Wollman Moody Bible Institute (www.moody.edu)
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