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RE: RE[2]: Re-claiming the space from Table after deletion

From: Morton, Ronald D <rdmorton_at_switch.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 06:49:46 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002C982A.20010312064103@fatcity.com>

I think, perhaps, he meant: PCTUSED = (100 - PCTFREE - 5)

Ron Morton

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raghu Kota [SMTP:raghukota_at_hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 8:50 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Re: RE[2]: Re-claiming the space from Table after deletion
>
> Rafi
>
> Never cross PCTUSED + PCTFREE = 100%(Imporatant Rule), Ideally it should
> be
> below 75%. PCTUSED helps How your data is inseted?? If Insert oriented
> database, If your database is insert and Update oriendted You have to
> strike
> a balance between both of these parameters!!
>
>
> Raghu.
>
>
> >From: rafi_at_vsnl.net
> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> >Subject: RE[2]: Re-claiming the space from Table after deletion
> >Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 02:30:20 -0800
> >
> >Do you mean that PCTUSED-100 & PCTFREE-5 will help utilise the
> >next extents more efficiently.
> >
> >Will PCTUSED affect only future blocks or existing ones too.
> >
> >Also, will increasing PCTUSED affect system speed?
> >
> >Kind regards,
> >Rafi
> >
> >ahillman_at_erols.com wrote
> >You are right. In this case my last point of increasing PCTUSED applies
> to
> >hole table
> >
> >Alex Hillman
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Raghu
> Kota
> > > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 1:18 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > Subject: RE: Re-claiming the space from Table after deleteion
> > >
> > >
> > > Mr Alex
> > >
> > > You overlooked imp point that is oracle 7.3
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Alex Hillman" <ahillman_at_erols.com>
> > > >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> > > >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > >Subject: RE: Re-claiming the space from Table after deleteion
> > > >Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 08:45:57 -0800
> > > >
> > > >First of all, as Joe Testa said - if you partitioned this table by
> date
> >-
> > > >let say one partition per month - you can truncate partitions that
> you
> > > >don't
> > > >need anymore. Second - if this option is not available - let say that
>
> >you
> > > >need delete most but not all records from specific partition - you
> can
> > > >create temporary table, select into this table all records that
> > > should not
> > > >be deleted, truncate partition and then select into partition all
> >records
> > > >from temporary table. And last case - if you need to delete let
> > > say 30-50%
> > > >of the recors and this table does not have a lot of deletes in
> everyday
> > > >activity and most deletes are batch in the end of month or some other
> > > >period - you can increase value of PCTUSED to 100-PCTFREE-5.
> > > >
> > > >Alex Hillman
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of
> > > > > rafi_at_vsnl.net
> > > > > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 4:56 AM
> > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > > > Subject: Re-claiming the space from Table after deleteion
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Dear All,
> > > > >
> > > > > Platform: Solaris 2.6, Oracle: 7.3.4.0
> > > > >
> > > > > We have a few tables which are growing very fast due to large no
> of
> > > > > insertions. But the data gets obselete after a month and we use a
> > > > > procedure to delete the obselete data from the tables.
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem is that the table does not free the space even
> > > > > after the deletion of 40% of the data.
> > > > >
> > > > > How can we re-claim the unused space which got created due to
> > > deletion?
> > > > >
> > > > > How do we ensure that future inserts are done in this unused
> space?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > [We can not try exp/imp or truncate option
> > > > > due to the huge size & high activity and
> > > > > online use of the tables].
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind Regards and thanks to all there,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Rafi Ahmad
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > >
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