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Oracle9i Database Reference
Release 2 (9.2)

Part Number A96536-02
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DBA_SEGMENTS

DBA_SEGMENTS describes the storage allocated for all segments in the database.

Related View

USER_SEGMENTS describes the storage allocated for the segments owned by the current user's objects. This view does not display the OWNER, HEADER_FILE, HEADER_BLOCK, or RELATIVE_FNO columns.

Column Datatype NULL Description

OWNER

VARCHAR2(30)

Username of the segment owner

SEGMENT_NAME

VARCHAR2(81)

Name, if any, of the segment

PARTITION_NAME

VARCHAR2(30)

Object Partition Name (Set to NULL for non-partitioned objects)

SEGMENT_TYPE

VARCHAR2(17)

Type of segment: INDEX PARTITION, TABLE PARTITION, TABLE, CLUSTER, INDEX, ROLLBACK, DEFERRED ROLLBACK, TEMPORARY, CACHE, LOBSEGMENT and LOBINDEX

TABLESPACE_NAME

VARCHAR2(30)

Name of the tablespace containing the segment

HEADER_FILE

NUMBER

ID of the file containing the segment header

HEADER_BLOCK

NUMBER

ID of the block containing the segment header

BYTES

NUMBER

Size in bytes, of the segment

BLOCKS

NUMBER

Size, in Oracle blocks, of the segment

EXTENTS

NUMBER

Number of extents allocated to the segment

INITIAL_EXTENT

NUMBER

Size in bytes requested for the initial extent of the segment at create time. (Oracle rounds the extent size to multiples of 5 blocks if the requested size is greater than 5 blocks.)

NEXT_EXTENT

NUMBER

Size in bytes of the next extent to be allocated to the segment

MIN_EXTENTS

NUMBER

Minimum number of extents allowed in the segment

MAX_EXTENTS

NUMBER

Maximum number of extents allowed in the segment

PCT_INCREASE

NUMBER

Percent by which to increase the size of the next extent to be allocated

FREELISTS

NUMBER

Number of process freelists allocated to this segment

FREELIST_GROUPS

NUMBER

Number of freelist groups allocated to this segment

RELATIVE_FNO

NUMBER

Relative file number of the segment header

BUFFER_POOL

VARCHAR2(7)

Default buffer pool for the object

See Also:

"USER_SEGMENTS"