Re: Avoid the fragmentation in 9.2

On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:19:34 -0500, cschang <cschang_at_maxinter.net> wrote:

>We have a database in 9.2.0.5. Recently, we set up a procedure that
>will load about 1.5 millions records into a tmp table, drop a old table
> rename tmp to old and recreate the index on the old table. We have to
>do this weekly. How can we avoid to fragment the tablespace? Another
>DBA told me there is restriction of TRUNCATE table for million records
>even I use the drop storage option. IS that true? I have searched the
>manual and on-line, but no luck of such statement. Can any one give me
>hints how to do this more efficiently? Thanks
>
>C Chang

Locally managed tablespaces don't fragment. Period. What a DBA 'told' you is a fairy tale.
If you want to do more efficiently, ban 'temp' tables completely from your system. In Oracle you don't need them.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA