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Orphaned Lobs after marking LOB column unused (Doc ID 461651.1)

Last updated on MARCH 03, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 11.1.0.6 [Release 9.2 to 11.1]
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 to 12.2.0.1 [Release 12.2]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema 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
Information in this document applies to any platform. This problem can occur on any platform.

Symptoms

There are LOB segments listed in DBA_SEGMENTS and DBA_OBJECTS but not in DBA_LOBS and they occupy space in the database:

Cause

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