There are no strict rules, but its all about trying to reduce the amount of wasted space under the high water mark for the table.
That wasted space is when you have free'd up some space in a block but the block is still deemed sufficiently "full" for it not be considered for new data. This is where PCTUSED comes in. hth connor --- Quaglio Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello ! > After having defined all the tables, now I have to > parametrize each table. > I have some tables that every day must be deleted > and reloaded through sql > loader. > I think to set PCTFREE = 0, but I don't know if I > have to specify a > particular value for PCTUSED. > Anybody can give an advice about which value set > PCTUSED ? > > Thanks in advance, > Andrea > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Quaglio Andrea > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information > (like subscribing). ===== Connor McDonald http://www.oracledba.co.uk (mirrored at http://www.oradba.freeserve.co.uk) "Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue" ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
