RE: exam question

I didn't see the original question. If I did, my answer would be dba_extents and dba_segments, not dba_data_files.

Mladen Gogala
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Vladimir and Mladen , I did try it out myself as I mentioned at the end of my original post, My problem is not with the question but with the answer given in the test. I think its wrong.
  I was thinking that dba_extents and dba_segments would be the correct  answer
  because i could use :
  select tablespace_name, sum(bytes) from dba_extents group by  tablespace_name
  ;

  select tablespace_name, sum(bytes) from dba_segments group by   tablespace_name;

  But The answer given says dba_extents and dba_data_files. Is the given   answer wrong or is there some way of finding out from dba_data_files how   much space is used up in a tablespace

  For that matter what does the question want to know ? does it want to know   how much space do the tablespaces have ( that would be the sum of the sizes
  of the data files ) or how much is ""used up"" ?

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 15:11

> That's probably going to be our future colleague. If
> he gets OCP, he might even beat some of the people from
> this list to a DBA position. OCP is very much loved by
> HR departments.
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> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 4:07 AM
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>
> Why don't you try it yourself?
>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 08:31
>
>
> > Hi all
> > here is a question
> >
> >
> > Q. You need to determine the amount of space currently used in each
> > tablespace.
> > You can retrieve this information in a single SQL statment using only
one
> > DBA view in the FROM clause providing you use either the _______ or
> _______
> > DBA view.
> >
> > A.DBA_EXTENTS.
> >
> > B.DBA_SEGMENTS.
> >
> > C.DBA_DATA_FILES.
> >
> > D.DBA_TABLESPACES.
> >
> > I was thinking that dba_extents and dba_segments would be the correct
> answer
> > because i could use :
> > select tablespace_name, sum(bytes) from dba_extents group by
> tablespace_name
> > ;
> >
> > select tablespace_name, sum(bytes) from dba_segments group by
> > tablespace_name;
> >
> >
> >
> > But The answer given says dba_extents and dba_data_files. Is the given
> > answer wrong or is there some way of finding out from dba_data_files how
> > much space is used up in a tablespace
> >
> > For that matter what does the question want to know ? does it want to
know
> > how much space do the tablespaces have ( that would be the sum of the
> sizes
> > of the data files ) or how much is ""used up"" ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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