Is the effect of modifying PCTFREE/PCTUSED immediate ?

From: hkchital <hkchital_at_singnet.com.sg>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 01:58:22 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004D7885.20020924015822@fatcity.com>

Is the effect of modifying PCTFREE/PCTUSED immediate ?

If I do an "ALTER TABLE <tablename> PCTFREE 99 PCTUSED1", does this take effect immediately, even for existing blocks. [If so, existing blocks would not get new rows inserted]. Or is it effective only in new Extents ? In that case, existing blocks in existing Extents still use the old PCTFREE/PCTUSED parameters and keep re-entering the FreeList.  

Hemant K Chitale
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