Re: rebuild indexes

  • From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 12:36:39 -0500

How big is the table?  He probably wants you to shrink it by eliminating unused 
blocks.  The simplest way to do that is by an alter table move command followed 
by alter index rebuild.

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On Apr 18, 2014, at 12:26 PM, "Zelli, Brian" <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> A vendor wants me to shrink a table.  I’ve never shrunk one in oracle.  Does 
> that delete the data out of them?
> And then wants me to rebuild the associated indexes.  Won’t they be empty 
> after you shrink them?
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> Brian
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