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    Cool Database links after database filecopy

    Hello,

    I recently set up a new Oracle database through a filecopy of all files. The database works fine (global_name looks fine, tnsnames.ora also).

    On the source database (assume PRD.world) there was a database link to a remote database (assume VTT.world) and vice versa.

    Now, through filecopy, the database link to the remote database (VTT.world) is on the same server. It so reacts as a loopback-database-link now.

    And here's my problem:
    If I try to drop the public database link on the VTT.world, Oracle tells me:

    DROP PUBLIC DATABASE LINK vtt;

    ERROR : ORA-02082: a loop-back database link must have a connection qualifier

    It seems, after searching for this topic in different Newsgroups, that this loopback-link couldn't be dropped anymore

    Thanks for advice,
    romain.

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    Hope this helps in your situation.

    select * from global_name;

    alter database rename global_name to test;
    drop database link vtt;


    Once the link is dropped, you can rename the global name back.

    Regards,
    Seelan

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    Some things are so easy and only look so difficult to resolve

    Thank you!

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