Unfortunately, your space will remain the same because delete doesn't deallocate the free space allocated to the table whether you shut the database down or not. The ways to deallocate space would be to a) Rebuild the table in another tablespace with significantly reduced storage parameters (8i and newer) b) Truncate the table, which is almost equivalent to dropping and recreating the table. The good news is that you don't have to re-issue grants or re-create indexes.
-----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 3:58 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi I deleted millions of rows from diffrent tables and I have not seen any impact on database size.What I have to do to get that free space? Is it necessary to shutdown the database? Thx -Seema _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Seema Singh 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gogala, Mladen 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).
