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Re: Free space below HWM

From: Joseph S. Testa <teci_at_oracle-dba.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:20:33 -0400
Message-Id: <10568.112770@fatcity.com>


go to $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin

look for dbmsutil.sql

in there is dbms_space package, thats what you'll want to use to see how much "free" space there is between last data block used(ie: with data) and the HWM.

joe

Aldi Barco wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> Because of delete operations, some tables in my database
> has a lot of free space below High Water Mark. For example for a table, HWM
> is 400 MB but the number of record is just about 2000. I try Select
> count(*), it takes time too long.
> How to know how much is unused space below high water mark ? (for a table
> and index as well, because I want to know which index that has been
> candidate for rebuild).
>
> Thank you.
>
> Aldi
> Oracle DBA
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