Get dowmtime and CTAS to a new table and then rename the tables. Hemant K Chitale http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com http://hemantscribbles.blogspot.com sent from my smartphone On 1 Jun 2011 07:32, "Eugene Pipko" <eugene.pipko@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > Oracle 9.2.0.8 on Win 2003. > SAP admitted a bug in their app, which resulted in millions of rows inserted in a couple of tables. > They came up with a script to delete them, but failing to provide any solutions on how to reclaim unused space. > One of the tables has CLOB column and another has BLOB column in them. > > Question: how do I shrink tables with CLOB and BLOB columns? > > Thanks, > Eugene >