Dropping a Database in 10g Consists of the following steps. echo $ORACLE_SID sqlplus "/as sysdba" SQL> startup nomount; ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 1077936128 bytes Fixed Size 2034344 bytes Variable Size 427824472 bytes Database Buffers 633339904 bytes Redo Buffers 14737408 bytes SQL> alter database mount exclusive; Database altered. SQL> alter system enable restricted sess..