Is the table hash-partitioned, range-partitioned, or list-partitioned?
> -----Original Message-----
> Vikas S
>
> RDBMS Version: 9.2.0.1.0
> Operating System and Version: Solaris 8
> Error Number (if applicable):
> Product (i.e. SQL*Loader, Import, etc.): Partitioned Table
> Product Version: 9.2.0.1.0
>
> Table partitioning
>
> I've a query reg. space usage in context of partitioned tables.
>
> I've a table with 12 partitions P_1 ... P_12. Until now data
> got populated in P_1 upto P_6 and future data will come in P_7 etc.
> If i delete some huge amount of data from P_1 (after archiving it)
> will that freed space be used by future inserts (which
> happens in subsequent partitions like P_7 etc).
> Unfortunately, we can't delete all data in partition. We have
> to keep some data which account say 5% of total data. ie,
> we're deleting 95% of data from a partition. So, will this
> freed blocks be put to free list and used by future inserts?
> Data is partitioned by date. So, my query is whether Oracle
> will put future data (which belongs to partition P_7 etc.) in
> space earlier used by P_1.
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