Don't stop posting. I'm not a DBA either. Don't have any intention of being one. I'm an Oracle duhveloper (as people sometimes point out..LOL). I read this list to get a better understanding of how databases 'hang together'. I never profess to being an expert in DBA related stuff...I'm far, far from that.
-----Original Message----- Sent: 29 January 2002 22:29 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Thank you all for your kind replies, and I now definitely know the correct answer to this. Please let me reiterate that I am *not* yet an Oracle dba. I've only been to one class so far, for crying out loud! Obviously it would be better for me to just not post for a while, in any event. No need to keep on responding to this thread. Cheers, JoJo -----Original Message----- Walt Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:46 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I strongly suggest you not experiment with this on your production database. --Walt -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:16 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I'm a complete newbie, so I may be off-base here, but I believe that truncating a table does not delete any data from the table. It moves the cursor up, thereby closing up the "empty space" where data has previously been deleted. --JoJo -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:46 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L To our resident Oracle Expert who just 6 months (July 26 2001) ago posted the following e-mail If I remember rightly, deleting rows from the table does NOT free up tablespace. In order to do that you have to trunctate the table (although this of course deletes all data from the table)...I can't for the life of me remember how you adjust the space the table is actually using after doing a delete...(to everyone else) would an analyze work? Kev. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Weaver, Walt INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: JoJo Al-Zawawi INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Thomas, Kevin INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
