Life would be worse w/o PCT_FREE. create table test_table (c1 varchar2(1000)) pctfree 20 ;
select pct_free from user_tables where table_name='TEST_TABLE' PCT_FREE ---------- 20 rw > Little competition for you all :) > > It's a two part question: > What's wrong with the following piece of expert analysis ? > Which well know "Oracle Guru" published this (and continues to > display it on his web-page) ? > > > "Sadly, Oracle9i doesn't allow you to specify the value for PCTFREE > if you're using automatic space management. This is a serious > limitation because Oracle9i can't know in advance about the amount of > VARCHAR expansion in a table row, leading to excessive row chaining > and poor access performance." > >> create table > 2 test_table > 3 (c1 number) > 4 tablespace > 5 asm_test > 6 storage > 7 ( pctfree 20 pctused 30 ) > 8 ; > > ( pctfree 20 pctused 30 ) > * > ERROR at line 7: > ORA-02143: invalid STORAGE option > > However, here's an important point. While Oracle9i rejects the > PCTFREE and PCTUSED parameters with locally managed tablespaces with > automatic space management, it does allow you to enter invalid > settings for NEXT and FREELISTS settings" > > > > You've gotta love it !! > > Sorry no clues .... > > Cheers ;) > > Richard -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Wartiak Rastislav 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).