About the dbms_space.free_blocks. This one tells you
the free blocks below HWM. However it is based on the
value of PCTUSED.
Read the notes 116565.1 and the 77635.1 from metalink.
Regards.
--- Chuan Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks for all your reply.
>
> I am still confused about getting free space or
> blocks under HWM for a
> table.
>
> Let me first list something here for clarification.
> If something wrong,
> please correct it.
>
>
> 1. dbms_space:
>
> UNUSED_SPACE Procedure Returns information about
> unused space in an object.
> To my understanding, these unused space could be
> both above and under HWM.
>
> FREE_BLOCKS Procedure Returns information about free
> blocks in an object.
> Again, these free blocks include blocks above and
> under HWM.
>
> From this dbms_space package, you cannot simply get
> the free space or blcoks
> under HWM.
>
>
> 2. dba_segments
>
> blocks: Size, in Oracle blocks, of the segment.
>
> 3. dba_tables (analyzed)
> blocks: Number of used data blocks in the table
> empty_blocks: Number of empty (never used) data
> blocks in the table. It
> seems above the HWM.
>
> From the above, you cannot get the free blocks under
> HWM. I define the "free
> blocks" as " blocks are blocks which are never used
> or once used but later
> released because of mass deleting"
>
> Much appreciated for your reply.
> Thanks,
>
> Chuan
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> > REMEMBER that empty_blocks represent the amount of
> > blocks above the HWM. The only way to know the
> blocks
> > below the HWM is with this select:
> >
> >
> > on 7.X select count(distinct
> > substr(rowid,15,4)||substr(rowid,1,8)) from
> > &owner..&table_name.;
> >
> > on 8.X select count( distinct substr(rowid,1,15))
> from
> > &owner..&table_name.;
> >
> > This gives you the real space occupy by a segment
> or
> > as I said the amount of blocks below the HWM. Then
> > with the db_block_size you can infer the value in
> > bytes.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > --- Vladimir Begun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > on Jul 11, 2001 at 11:30:18PM, Chuan Zhang
> wrote:
> > > > Hi, DBA gurus,
> > > >
> > > > Recently, I will archiving some big tables.
> How
> > > to find free space under
> > > > HWM for a table?
> > >
> > > Do analyze and then you can calculate it:
> > >
> > > dba_segments.blocks - dba_tables.empty_blocks -
> 1
> > >
> > > Be aware the blocks which are below HWM can be
> empty
> > > because of preallocation or delete activities.
> > >
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