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How to Calculate Space Used by LOB Segments in the Database (Doc ID 369883.1)

In this Document

Goal
Solution
References

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GOAL

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This Note provides sql queries to find Space Used by LOB Segments in the Database using views USER_LOBS or
ALL_LOBS. We also need access on DBA_SEGMENTS to find the matching LOB segment.

SOLUTION

This SQL will list all LOB segments by schema using the USER_LOBS view. For schema (scott in example) to be able to
select form dba_segments, will need to granted select on the view. ( i.e. grant select on sys.dba_segments to scott; )

SQL> connect scott/<password>


Connected.
SQL> col segment_name format a30
SQL> set pagesize 10000
SQL> select a.segment_name, a.segment_type,
2 sum(a.bytes)/1024/1024 Bytes_MB
3 from dba_segments a, user_lobs b
4 where a.segment_name = b.segment_name
5 group by a.segment_name, a.segment_type;

SEGMENT_NAME SEGMENT_TYPE BYTES_MB


------------------------------ ------------ ----------
LOBSEGMENT LOBSEGMENT .0625
SYS_LOB0000051218C00001$$ LOBSEGMENT .0625

To extract the tablespace name, table name, LOB column name, here would be the SQL to accomplish.
SQL> connect scott/<password>
Connected.
SQL> set pagesize 10000
SQL> col tablespace_name format a10
SQL> col TS_Name format a10
SQL> col Col format a10
SQL> col segment_type format a12
SQL> select a.tablespace_name TS_Name, b.table_name,
2 b.column_name Col, a.segment_type,
3 sum(a.bytes)/1024/1024 Bytes_MB
4 from dba_segments a, user_lobs b
5 where a.segment_name = b.segment_name
6 group by a.tablespace_name, b.table_name,
7 b.column_name, a.segment_type;

TS_NAME TABLE_NAME COL SEGMENT_TYPE BYTES_MB


---------- ---------- ---------- ------------ ----------
USERS TESTLOB TESTLOBC LOBSEGMENT .0625
USERS TESTLOB2 TESTLOBB LOBSEGMENT .0625

Then here is similar SQL that will list all LOB segments on the DB using the ALL_LOBS view.

col segment_name format a30


set pagesize 10000
select a.owner, a.segment_name, a.segment_type,
sum(a.bytes)/1024/1024 Bytes_MB
from dba_segments a, all_lobs b
where a.segment_name = b.segment_name
group by a.owner, a.segment_name, a.segment_type;

The SQL should provide a foundation that can be modified as needed to find and report the LOBs space utilization as
needed.

REFERENCES
NOTE:253131.1 - Concurrent Writes May Corrupt LOB Segment When Using Auto Segment Space Management (ORA-
1555)
NOTE:159995.1 - Different Behaviors of Lob and Lobindex Segments in 8.0, 8i and 9i
NOTE:161994.1 - How to Check Whether a BLOB Type Column is Empty or Not
NOTE:198160.1 - Summary Note Index for BasicFiles(LOB's/BLOB's/CLOB's/NCLOB's/BFILES) and SecureFiles
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