Yep, and this is common knowledge for most folks who do this kind of work. Heck, if you can stop the database, a whole host of things become quicker by going d

Yep, and this is common knowledge for most folks who do this kind of work. Heck, if you can stop the database, a whole host of things become quicker by going drops and recreating things. Most alter commands are quicker if you do drops and creates often even if a copy of a table needs to be made. Maybe we are missing something by getting rid of the DBAs.