Re: RE: exam question

DBA_DATA_FILES bytes seems to be the current size
maxbytes is the total size? and possibly includes the max if autoextend is on Im assuming user_bytes is your quota

No way to get freespace if that is true. If maxbytes includes autoextend then technically you do not have freespace on a tablespace that has not extended since you cannot assume that the space will be available on your hard drive to extend. You hope its planned right, but you dont know. So I assume they mean take MAXBYTES - BYTES, though this is probably wrong.

am I correct?

now DBA_EXTENTS

select tablespace_name, max(bytes)
from dba_extents
group by tablespace_name

assumes that your largest extent is your coalesced free extent, but you cannot assume this. What if you plan poorly and have pctincrease on?

or am I missing something?
>
> From: "Deshpande, Kirti" <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
> Date: 2003/05/22 Thu AM 09:22:06 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: RE: exam question
>
>
> I meant to say:
>
> Who's the author of this book and what is the title?
>
>
> Too early in the morning after a long night... Sorry.
>
> - Kirti
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>
> Who's cram book are you reading?
> Ever thought about sending the author(s) an e-mail?
>
> - Kirti
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
> On Thu, 22 May 2003, Vladimir Barac wrote:
>
> > Why don't you try it yourself?
>
> Umm, he pretty much did try it himself. His questions really are,
> "Isn't this exam question unclear and idiotic? How are you supposed
> to pass the exam if the exam qriters lack basic skills of rational
> thought?"
>
> The answers are yes and I don't know.
>
> --
> Jeremiah Wilton
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 08:31
> >
> > > here is a question
> > >
> > > Q. You need to determine the amount of space currently used in each
> > > tablespace.
> > > You can retrieve this information in a single SQL statment using only one
> > > DBA view in the FROM clause providing you use either the _______ or
> > _______
> > > DBA view.
> > >
> > > A.DBA_EXTENTS.
> > >
> > > B.DBA_SEGMENTS.
> > >
> > > C.DBA_DATA_FILES.
> > >
> > > D.DBA_TABLESPACES.
> > >
> > > I was thinking that dba_extents and dba_segments would be the correct
> > answer
> > > because i could use :
> > > select tablespace_name, sum(bytes) from dba_extents group by
> > tablespace_name
> > > ;
> > >
> > > select tablespace_name, sum(bytes) from dba_segments group by
> > > tablespace_name;
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But The answer given says dba_extents and dba_data_files. Is the given
> > > answer wrong or is there some way of finding out from dba_data_files how
> > > much space is used up in a tablespace
> > >
> > > For that matter what does the question want to know ? does it want to know
> > > how much space do the tablespaces have ( that would be the sum of the
> > sizes
> > > of the data files ) or how much is ""used up"" ?
>
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