you can also do the following: 1. create table as and copy just the records you want to keep. 2. Drop the old table 3. rename new table to old table 4. re-create the indexes. if there are alot, issue them as jobs and do it at the same time.
----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 5:44 PM > This is one of the cases where a partitioned table can be of great use. What version of Oracle? Standard or Enterprise Edition? > With a partitioned table you can say > alter table ... drop partition ... ; > to easily get rid of a large chunk of data and release the space. > > See > Oracle9i Database Concepts Release 2 (9.2) > Part Number A96524-01 > Chapter 11 > Partitioned Tables and Indexes > http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a96524/c12parti .htm#464767 > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/362ba > > > -----Original Message----- > Nguyen, David M > > I am using delete command to delete million records in several tables to free up space in tablespace. I understand delete command does not release unused spaces as truncate command but I could not use truncate to delete ALL records in table as I need to keep one month old of records in table. Please advise a better method I can use to free up spaces. > Thanks, > David > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Jacques Kilchoer > 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). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ryan 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).
