AN EXAMPLE OF A COMPLEX ONLINE TABLE REDEFINITION (DBMS_REDEFINITION)
(Doc ID 1358236.1)
Last updated on JANUARY 07, 2025
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.0.1.0 to 11.2.0.2 [Release 9.0.1 to 11.2]Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.3 to 11.2.0.3 [Release 11.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Goal
This document will demonstrate an example of a complex (multiple changes) online redefinition of a table using DBMS_REDEFINITION
This case study will
* Compress the table
* Convert a CLOB column that uses basicfiles to securefile
* Move the table from the Users tablespace to the Test Tablespace
* Change block size for the storage from 8K to 16K
* Partition the table (on COL1)
* Add a column (COL5)
* Drop a column (COL2)
* Rename column names as well as change position in the table of two columns (COL3 <--> COL4)
* Change the datatype of a column (convert COL3 from a date to a timestamp)
* Convert the table from Index (IOT) to Heap Organization
* Defragment the table
Solution
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