Delete vs. truncate to free up spaces.

From: Nguyen, David M <david.m.nguyen_at_xo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 14:29:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DAA8D.20031222142925@fatcity.com>

I am using delete command to delete million records in several tables to free up space in tablespace.  I understand delete command does not release unused spaces as truncate command but I could not use truncate to delete ALL records in table as I need to keep one month old of records in table.  Please advise a better method I can use to free up spaces.

Thanks,
David

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