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RE: Resizing partitions

From: Deshpande, Kirti <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 14:58:53 -0600
Message-Id: <10674.121491@fatcity.com>


Hi Sukumar,

  Use partition management syntax to do this..     

    alter table table_name modify partition partition_name deallocate unused .......

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sukumar Kurup [SMTP:sukuora_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 1:21 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: Resizing partitions
>
> Hi ,
>
> Is it possible to resize (reduce) the partition size ?
> I have a table with many partitions and the default
> size for each partition is 100 M. However, not all of
> them have many rows, and there are many empty blocks.
> Is it possible to reclaim these unused space? I tried
> "alter table deallocate ..", but it does not
> deallocate
> unused space in the individual partitions.
>
> Oracle -> 8.1.6. solaris 2.6
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Sukumar Kurup
>
>
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