Did you insert using direct path ? If so the insert inserts after the highwater mark. The highwater mark is not reinitialized after deletes. So maybe that's why the insert failed.
--- "Miller, Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > Okay, I can't figure this one out. Earlier this > week I got an ORA-1653: > unable to extend table on a really big table. > However this was just after I > had deleted over 2 million rows in the table and we > were only inserting > 30,000. > > After reanalyzing the table I saw the following > stats in DBA_TABLES: > > num_freelist_blocks: 2266966 > avg_space_freelist_blocks: 3895 > > Unless I'm misreading this I should have had over > 8Gig available for > inserts. > > We tried the insert again and got the same error so > I added a datafile and > it went through (using about 40Meg of space in the > new datafile). > > Why isn't it making use of the existing blocks on > the freelist? > > Oracle 8.1.7.2 > Solaris 2.6 > PCTFREE = 10 > PCTUSED = 75 > Block Size = 4K > > > Jay Miller > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Miller, Jay > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 > http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web > hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > > ===== Stéphane Paquette DBA Oracle et DB2, consultant entrepôt de données Oracle and DB2 DBA, datawarehouse consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________ Lèche-vitrine ou lèche-écran ? magasinage.yahoo.ca -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Stephane=20Paquette?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
