Clustering factor smaller than table blocks.

I have a table with 368 blocks, no free blocks, and the clustering
factor of the primary key is 345. how is it possible? 

I thought that CF will give you the amount of table blocks that an index
will need to access for a given rowset. Something like
 smallest( table blocks, ceil( (CF/tot table rows)*rowset/avg rows per
block)) (real formula must be much complicated.

However if I have an avg ro

Here are the brute facts:

select EMPTY_BLOCKS,AVG_SPACE_FREELIST_BLOCKS ,NUM_FREELIST_BLOCKS 
          from dba_tables where table_name = 'CUSTOMERS' and owner =
'SOE' ;

EMPTY_BLOCKS AVG_SPACE_FREELIST_BLOCKS NUM_FREELIST_BLOCKS
------------ ------------------------- -------------------
           0                         0                   0


The table was analysed with dbms_stat, percent  = 100:

exec dbms_stats.gather_table_stats( ownname=>'SOE', tabname=>
'CUSTOMERS', Degree=> 4, estimate_percent=> 100, granularity=>'ALL',
cascade=>TRUE, stattab=>'sm_stattab', statid=>'CUSTOMERS09270906',
statown=>'SOE')


Table name                          Owner         NUM_ROWS     BLOCKS
Size (m)  LAST_ANALYSED       
------------------------------ ---------------- ---------- ----------
--------  ------------------- 
CUSTOMERS                      SOE                   36364        368
3  09/27/2006 08:39:50 


But still the clust factor reported by dba_indexes for CUSTOMERS_PK is
inferiors to CUSTOMERS block count.


Table                Index                            Column
Clust   Distinct
Name                 Name                           U Name
Factor       Keys   NUM_ROWS   
-------------------- ------------------------------ -
-------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------  
CUSTOMERS            CUSTOMERS_PK                   U CUSTOMER_ID
345      36112      36112  

This is oracle 10.1.0.4


B. Polarski

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