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Re: ORA-01659: unable to allocate MINEXTENTS . . . creating a INDEX

From: Andrew Allen <leave.me.alone_at_not.here.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:12:10 GMT
Message-ID: <e6CHc.34825$eH1.16479956@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com>


Roman wrote:
> Am Fri, 09 Jul 2004 08:06:06 -0700 schrieb jose luis fernandez diaz:
>
>

>>I have a lot of space in data files binds to tablespace
>>"CUSTOM_TBS_ARTICULOS_IX_01", but it seems that Oracle doesn't see it.
>>What is the problem ?

>
>
> Well, there are 2 possibilities:
>
> 1. All the space is used by other objects
> 2. There is a lot of freespace but its fragmented and the extents don't
> fit in the empty gaps.
>
> If you are using DMTS you can try:
> alter tablespace <name> coalesce;
>
> When you have actually verified that there is a lot of freespace and its
> fragmented the only way to defragment it is a tablespace reorg.
>
> However storage is cheap and time usually short. therefore you might just
> whant ot add an other datafile?
>
> All the best,
>
> Roman

This query will give you a quick look at your tablespaces and how much space you have available.

Good Luck,
aja

Received on Fri Jul 09 2004 - 14:12:10 CDT

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