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Re: table size.

From: Stephane Faroult <sfaroult_at_oriole.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 09:58:34 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00491476.20020708095834@fatcity.com>


mitchell wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I have a table with 8 millions rows and I deleted the 500 million. Then I
> exported tables (300 mb) and imported into another schema. After that, the
> table size is still the same.
>
> I thought table size should be taken much less space. the storage clause for
> both table is the same: pct10,pctused 40.
>
> any idea.
>
> Mitchell
>

exp and imp do not resize. Wht is allocated stays allocated. Check the manual, ALTER TABLE to see how to deallocate unused storage.

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