Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]

The Hermit Hacker wrote:

> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Ken McGlothlen wrote:
>
> > Does Oracle even have a vacuum?  There's the COELESCE command, but it's hardly
> > *necessary*.
>

Nope.. Oracle has a background process which re-allocates free space..It does get
fragmented, and the only real way to unfrag is to export (dump) and import.No Vacuum,
at least on 7.3.2

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