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Querying DBA_EXTENTS For Size Of A Table With LOB Columns Does not Provide Actual Size Of Table (Doc ID 738708.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.7.4 to 10.2.0.4 [Release 8.1.7 to 10.2]
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
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Running the following query on a table with LOB columns does not provide the actual size of the table.

select sum(bytes/1024/1024) from dba_extents where segment_name='<Table Name>';

Solution

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