Re: reorg'ed table, no change in wasted space

Hi Willem,

The problem might come from the script you are using that is not providing accurate information on space usage, you should use functions likes DBMS_SPACE.SPACE_USAGE (910389 - FAQ: Oracle Segment Shrinking) or DBMS_SPACE.OBJECT_SPACE_USAGE_TBF.

Did you at least update statistics after reorganizing the table ? (brconnect -u / -c -f stats -t EDI40
-p 6).

The lob data when it is too small will stay within the segment (inline lob)

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/appdev.111/b28393/adlob_tables.htm

For inline LOBs, the database will store LOBs that are less than approximately 4000 bytes of data in the table column.

Here are the space gain after a reorg on EDI40 after some archiving & deletion was performed.

Regards