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(18)   Type of segment:

  • NESTED TABLE

  • TABLE

  • TABLE PARTITION

  • CLUSTER

  • LOBINDEX

  • INDEX

  • INDEX PARTITION

  • LOBSEGMENT

  • TABLE SUBPARTITION

  • INDEX SUBPARTITION

  • LOB PARTITION

  • LOB SUBPARTITION

  • ROLLBACK

  • TYPE2 UNDO

  • DEFERRED ROLLBACK

  • TEMPORARY

  • CACHE

  • SPACE HEADER

  • UNDEFINED
SEGMENT_SUBTYPE VARCHAR2(10)   Subtype of LOB segment: SECUREFILE, ASSM, MSSM, and NULL
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
MAX_SIZE NUMBER   Maximum number of blocks allowed in the segment
RETENTION VARCHAR2(7)   Retention option for SECUREFILE segment
MINRETENTION NUMBER   Minimum retention duration for SECUREFILE 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"