in line clob storage and chain rows

all,

I have a table with inline clob storage.

1. most clobs are < 2k xml doc. 
2. The table defined with pctfree 30% and
3. No updates delete and insert only.

As result of delete and insert, chained rows grow rapidly and I rebuilt them every week.

My question:

1. How does oracle manage storage for inline clob segment ?
2. Does pctfree 30% also applies to inline clob segment ?
3. What cause the growth of chain rows. In a regular table without clob delete and insert do not cause chain rows to be formed ?

thanks in advance
Ted Chyn Received on Mon Apr 01 2002 - 22:52:36 CST