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  1. #11
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    If it's a worry about space, have a look at ALTER INDEX COALESCE:
    http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/c...8a.htm#2050689
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    Hey DaPi,

    I concur. I've found coalescing especially helpful to free up blocks with sequential indexes where alot of deleting is going on.

    I have a locking problem when coalescing a table with alot of inserts going on at the same time. When it gets to the end of the index blocking locks will bring the db to its knees.

    Oracle support swears it can't happen, but I can reproduce a lock-down every time. I have to be careful to only run the coalesce for 8 or 10 hours then kill it. Archiving goes crazy after a few hours. That's when I know it is actually merging blocks.

    Ken
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    Rebuild or Coalesce only for sequence keys.. and ofcourse where history data is purged regularly.. else no use..

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaPi
    If it's a worry about space, have a look at ALTER INDEX COALESCE:
    http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/c...8a.htm#2050689
    yeah but LMT's do that implicitly anyway
    I'm stmontgo and I approve of this message

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    Quote Originally Posted by stmontgo
    yeah but LMT's do that implicitly anyway
    talking about indexes here, not tablespaces

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