Re: 8i Concept PCTFREE & PCTUSED are 0

I don't think this is true anymore. At one time, PCTUSED had to be set to "1", but as of 8i, at least, it will be put back on the freelist when empty if PCTUSED=0. (I haven't tested it myself, but I believe Dave Ensor.)

-Don Granaman
[OraSaurus]

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:38 AM

> Hello Sinardy
>
> PCTUSED means that:
> After a block was filled with records and the free space in the block
> is less then pctfree the block is no longer available for further inserts.
> If however, the data falls beneath PCTUSED the block became again
> available for inserts.
>
> In your example, block will never again became available, even if empty,
> because: After a data block becomes full as determined by PCTFREE, Oracle
> does not consider the block for the insertion of new rows until the
> percentage of the block being used falls below the parameter PCTUSED.
>
>
> Yechiel Adar, Mehish Computer Services
> adary_at_mehish.co.il

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