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How to Drop a Pluggable Database Including Datafiles in Oracle 19c

Last month, I needed to decommission a development PDB that was consuming valuable storage on our production CDB. The challenge? Ensuring all datafiles were completely removed without affecting other PDBs in the container. If you’ve ever hesitated before dropping a PDB—worried about orphaned datafiles or accidentally keeping files you meant to delete—this guide walks you Read more about How to Drop a Pluggable Database Including Datafiles in Oracle 19c[…]