Re: Defragmenting table

What OS are you on? Any change of hitting a bad spot on the disk(s)? Several OS's log that in system logs (if enabled). Other possibility: is this an eutoextending datafile? Maybe that is fragmented?

FGuelfucci wrote:

> Things are getting worse and worse, I have stopped the users from
> adding anything to the table but it is still getting slower and slower.
> I really cannot see what could possibly cause oracle,(8.0.6), to slow
> itself down, (and only on that table).
> Any ideas?
> I did check v$session_wait but it doesn't seem to help much. I will do
> sql_trace latter.
> Thanks in advance
>
> In article <8psl8q$3eq$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> FGuelfucci <fguelfucci_at_goalgroup.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I hope that someone could help me with a little problem.
> > I often have to do a query on a table, +/-30000 rows, but for some
> > reason the system takes between 10 to 40 secs to return from the
 select
> > count(*), statement, (other tables are 5 times the size and 3 times
> > faster).
> > There are 2 indexes and 2 primary keys. The size of the table would
> > indicate that it should be very quick.
> > For the purpose of the application I have to do a select count(*)
 often
> > as the exact number of rows varies from time to time, does any one
 know
> > a better way of doing it or a SQL statement that would defrag the
 table.
> > Any help would be great, (and would make me look great at work).
> > Thanks for all the help you can give.
> > Florent.
> >
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> >
>
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Received on Mon Sep 18 2000 - 11:50:50 CDT