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Why Tablespace cannot be reclaimed while free space found in the Tablespace (Doc ID 2348230.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 15, 2020

Applies to:

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
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

In the database, the tablespaces have free space. But unable to shrink the tablespace/datafiles.

How can we reclaim space?

Cause

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