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RE: ALTER TABLE MOVE command causes table to grow

From: Markham, Richard <RMarkham_at_hafeleamericas.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 11:18:25 -0800
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just to be certain we are on the same page, you mention uniform sizing which is on
the tablespace level, so I want to make
sure the PCT_INCREASE you provided was pulled from dba_segments. if so then i'd say a bit more info would need to have some light shed on it persay was there much DML put against this table last week. a PCT_FREE of 10% wouldn't be such a good idea for a table with varying length column data.

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pct increase is 0 (uniform sizing)

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you didn't mention the PCT_INCREASE of this segment.

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Had an annoying surprise last week. A table had grown unexpectedly large and I scheduled a time over the weekend to move it to its own tablespace from my "medium" tablespace.   

The table ended up growing 50%. I had anticipated it might grow somewhat given the PCTFREE of 10% but freeing up that space in the blocks should, at most, have caused it to grow by 10% (assuming that 10% was completely full).   

Does anyone have ideas as to why it would have grown by so much? Indexes are in a different tablespace and the only other change was from an extent size of 4 meg to one of 25 meg. Both are dictionary managed tablespaces.   

Oracle 8.1.7.2
Solaris 2.6   

Thanks,
Jay Miller   

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>just to be certain we are on the same page,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>you mention uniform sizing which is on </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the tablespace level, so I want to make</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>sure the PCT_INCREASE you provided was pulled</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>from dba_segments.&nbsp; if so then i'd say a bit</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>more info would need to have some light shed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>on it persay was there much DML put against</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>this table last week.&nbsp; a PCT_FREE of 10%</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>wouldn't be such a good idea for a table </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>with varying length column data.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Miller, Jay [<A HREF="mailto:JayMiller_at_TDWaterhouse.com">mailto:JayMiller_at_TDWaterhouse.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:43 PM</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>pct increase is 0 (uniform sizing)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>you didn't mention the PCT_INCREASE of this segment. </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&lt;<A HREF="mailto:JayMiller_at_tdwaterhouse.com">mailto:JayMiller_at_tdwaterhouse.com</A>&gt; ] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 12:09 PM </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Had an annoying surprise last week.&nbsp; A table had grown unexpectedly large </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>and I scheduled a time over the weekend to move it to its own tablespace </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>from my &quot;medium&quot; tablespace.&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>The table ended up growing 50%.&nbsp; I had anticipated it might grow somewhat </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>given the PCTFREE of 10% but freeing up that space in the blocks should, at </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>most, have caused it to grow by 10% (assuming that 10% was completely full).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Does anyone have ideas as to why it would have grown by so much?&nbsp; Indexes </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>are in a different tablespace and the only other change was from an extent </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>size of 4 meg to one of 25 meg.&nbsp; Both are dictionary managed tablespaces.&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Oracle 8.1.7.2 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Solaris 2.6 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Jay Miller </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp; </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Author: Miller, Jay </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp; INET: JayMiller_at_TDWaterhouse.com </FONT>
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