How to calculate the proper value of the PCT_FREE?
(Doc ID 886804.1)
Last updated on NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.4 and laterOracle 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
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Goal
Theoretically, PCTUSED can be considered as low water mark and PCTFREE as the high water mark. If the space in a data block is such that there is less space left than PCTFREE, no new rows can be added in that block until the amount of space in the table is less than PCTUSED. This note provides the steps to calculate the proper value of the PCT_FREE.
Solution
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