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. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jacques Kilchoer INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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