Re: Shrink Table: IEstimating Rollback Space

From: Ian MacGregor <ian_at_slac.stanford.edu>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:22:19 -0700
Message-ID: <C51DFBBB.1251A%ian@slac.stanford.edu>


Thanks for the pointer. I was planning on shrinking the indexes separately. It doesn't look like the shrink will be possible.

Ian

On 10/17/08 7:47 AM, "Hemant K Chitale" <hkchital_at_singnet.com.sg> wrote:

>
> Undo (and Redo !) will be quite noticeable-- more so as you have
> indexes on the table.
>
> A SHRINK operates as a DELETE (which will be the very significant
> portion of Undo) *and* an INSERT.
> Both operations also have to update Indexes .
> The Indexes will not shrink until and unless you do a COALESCE or REBUILD.
>
> See MetaLink Note#577375.1 and Bug# 3888229.
>
> Hemant K Chitale
>
> At 04:52 AM Friday, Ian MacGregor wrote:

>> I have a 450 GB table with 150 GB of free space.  I'd like to shrink the
>> table, but I'm not sure how much rollback will be needed.  Is there a
>> formula?  One that accounts for the indexes as well?
>> 
>> Ian MacGregor
>> SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
>> 
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>
> Hemant K Chitale
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