Re: Table with data but not segment

  • From: Nigel Thomas <nigel.cl.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ORACLE-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:50:54 +0000

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2009/1/30 Nigel Thomas <nigel.cl.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> A table with no rows is still a table, so it has to be stored somewhere.
>
> One or more tables in a heap cluster would not have their own segments (eg
> SYS.USER$ is stored in cluster C_USER# along with SYS.TSQ$). Unless the
> cluster name is the same as (one of) the table(s).
>
> A partitioned table has no segment (the partitions each have a segment). Of
> course one of the partition names may be the same as the table name (eg see
> SYS.LOGMNR_IND$ in the XE install).
>
> Regards Nigel
> 2009/1/30 <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>> I would like to clarify or confirm.  I can query (user_tables union
>> user_indexes) minus user_segments and see about 4 tables and 9 indexes.
>> 7 turn out to be normal and 2 are IOT - TOP indexes.
>>
>> I guess the 3 tables with 0 rows and all the indexes that go with them
>> might not have a segment?
>>
>> There is one table with and IOT - TOP index with 100000 rows.  Two
>> indexes go with this table, one of them is IOT - TOP, the other normal.
>>
>> Even and Index has a segment, why would I not have a segment for
>> this(ese) table(s) or Indexes?
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