2.200 ALL_LOBS

ALL_LOBS displays the large objects (LOBs) contained in tables accessible to the current user. LOBs include binary large objects (BLOBs) and character large objects (CLOBs). Binary files (BFILEs) are stored outside the database, so they are not displayed by this view or the related views.

Related Views

  • DBA_LOBS describes all LOBs in the database.

  • USER_LOBS describes the LOBs owned by the current user. This view does not display the OWNER column.

Column Datatype NULL Description

OWNER

VARCHAR2(128)

Owner of the object containing the LOB

TABLE_NAME

VARCHAR2(128)

Name of the object containing the LOB

COLUMN_NAME

VARCHAR2(4000)

Name of the LOB column or attribute

SEGMENT_NAME

VARCHAR2(128)

Name of the LOB segment

TABLESPACE_NAME

VARCHAR2(30)

Name of the tablespace containing the LOB segment

INDEX_NAME

VARCHAR2(128)

Name of the LOB index

CHUNK

NUMBER

Size (in bytes) of the LOB chunk as a unit of allocation or manipulation

PCTVERSION

NUMBER

Maximum percentage of the LOB space used for versioning

RETENTION

NUMBER

Maximum time duration for versioning of the LOB space

FREEPOOLS

NUMBER

Number of freepools for this LOB segment

CACHE

VARCHAR2(10)

Indicates whether and how the LOB data is to be cached in the buffer cache:

  • YES - LOB data is placed in the buffer cache

  • NO - LOB data either is not brought into the buffer cache or is brought into the buffer cache and placed at the least recently used end of the LRU list

  • CACHEREADS - LOB data is brought into the buffer cache only during read operations but not during write operations

LOGGING

VARCHAR2(7)

Indicates whether or not changes to the LOB are logged:

  • NONE - Not specified

    See Also: the *_LOB_SUBPARTITIONS view

  • YES

  • NO

ENCRYPT

VARCHAR2(4)

Indicates whether or not the LOB is encrypted.

Possible values for SecureFiles:

  • YES

  • NO

Possible value for BasicFiles:

  • NONE - Not applicable

COMPRESSION

VARCHAR2(6)

Level of compression used for this LOB.

Possible values for SecureFiles:

  • LOW

  • MEDIUM

  • HIGH

  • NO - Compression is off

Possible value for BasicFiles:

  • NONE - Not applicable

DEDUPLICATION

VARCHAR2(15)

Kind of deduplication used for this LOB.

Possible values for SecureFiles:

  • LOB - Deduplicate

  • NO - Keep duplicates

Possible value for BasicFiles:

  • NONE - Not applicable

IN_ROW

VARCHAR2(3)

Indicates whether some LOBs are stored inline with the base row (YES) or not (NO). For partitioned objects, refer to the *_LOB_PARTITIONS and *_PART_LOBS views.

FORMAT

VARCHAR2(15)

Indicates whether the LOB storage format depends on the endianness of the platform:

  • NOT APPLICABLE

  • ENDIAN SPECIFIC

  • ENDIAN NEUTRAL

PARTITIONED

VARCHAR2(3)

Indicates whether the LOB column is in a partitioned table (YES) or not (NO)

SECUREFILE

VARCHAR2(3)

Indicates whether the LOB is SecureFiles (YES) or not (NO)

SEGMENT_CREATED

VARCHAR2(3)

Indicates whether the LOB segment has been created (YES) or not (NO)

RETENTION_TYPE

VARCHAR2(7)

Type of retention used for this LOB.

Possible values for SecureFiles:

  • NONE

  • AUTO

  • MIN

  • MAX

  • DEFAULT

  • INVALID

Possible values for BasicFiles:

  • YES

  • NO

RETENTION_VALUE

NUMBER

Minimum retention time (in seconds). This column is only meaningful for SecureFiles with RETENTION_TYPE set to MIN.

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