Re: PERFSTAT tablespace and sppurge.sql

On 10 dec, 12:31, trub3101 <trub3..._at_sky.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Yesterday I purged 80% of the my statspack snapshots using sppurge.sql
> however, the PERFSTAT tablespace remains the same size as before the
> purge.
>
> My question is (and somehow I believe I should know the answer to
> this!) how comes the PERFSTAT tablespace has not shrunk accordingly?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> tb3101

Because tablespaces behave like humans ;) They gain weight easily, but they only loose it with hard work and exercise...

Seriously: Oracle has never deallocated space automatically. This is obvious as both allocations and de-allocations are costly operations. Oracle doesn't have the 'jo-jo effect' observed in persons who try to slim down.
You would need to resize the tablespace yourself. Preferably before Christmas ;)

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Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA