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

From: The Web Administrator <wwwadmin(at)wizard(dot)ca>
To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk(at)serv(dot)net>, marc(dot)fournier(at)acadiau(dot)ca, PostgreSQL-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Re: [HACKERS] [Fwd: SGVLLUG Oracle and Informix on Linux]
Date: 1998-07-24 04:22:17
Message-ID: 35B80BF9.1EE38CF9@wizard.ca
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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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