Details
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Improvement
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Status: Closed
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Minor
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Resolution: Fixed
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10.1.1.0
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None
Description
Include documentation for SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_INPLACE_COMPRESS_TABLE in the reference manual. It should be in the same section as the current documentation for SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_COMPRESS_TABLE()
Here is a badly formatted version of what should go there:
<p>
Use the SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_INPLACE_COMPRESS_TABLE system procedure to reclaim
unused, allocated space in a table and its indexes. Typically, unused allocated
space exists when a large amount of data is deleted from a table, and there
have not been subsequent inserts to use the space freed by the deletes.
By default, Derby does not return unused space to the operating system. For
example, once a page has been allocated to a table or index, it is not
automatically returned to the operating system until the table or index is
destroyed. SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_INPLACE_COMPRESS_TABLE allows you to return unused
space to the operating system.
<p>
This system procedure can be used to force 3 levels of in place compression
of a SQL table: PURGE_ROWS, DEFRAGMENT_ROWS, TRUNCATE_END. Unlike
SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_COMPRESS_TABLE() all work is done in place in the existing
table/index.
<p>
Syntax:
SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_INPLACE_COMPRESS_TABLE(
IN SCHEMANAME VARCHAR(128),
IN TABLENAME VARCHAR(128),
IN PURGE_ROWS SMALLINT,
IN DEFRAGMENT_ROWS SMALLINT,
IN TRUNCATE_END SMALLINT)
<p>
SCHEMANAME:
An input argument of type VARCHAR(128) that specifies the schema of the table. Passing a null will result in an error.
<p>
TABLENAME:
An input argument of type VARCHAR(128) that specifies the table name of the
table. The string must exactly match the case of the table name, and the
argument of "Fred" will be passed to SQL as the delimited identifier 'Fred'.
Passing a null will result in an error.
<p>
PURGE_ROWS:
If PURGE_ROWS is set to non-zero then a single pass is made through the table
which will purge committed deleted rows from the table. This space is then
available for future inserted rows, but remains allocated to the table.
As this option scans every page of the table, it's performance is linearly
related to the size of the table.
<p>
DEFRAGMENT_ROWS:
If DEFRAGMENT_ROWS is set to non-zero then a single defragment pass is made
which will move existing rows from the end of the table towards the front
of the table. The goal of the defragment run is to empty a set of pages
at the end of the table which can then be returned to the OS by the
TRUNCATE_END option. It is recommended to only run DEFRAGMENT_ROWS, if also
specifying the TRUNCATE_END option. This option scans the whole table and
needs to update index entries for every base table row move, and thus execution
time is linearly related to the size of the table.
<p>
TRUNCATE_END:
If TRUNCATE_END is set to non-zero then all contiguous pages at the end of
the table will be returned to the OS. Running the PURGE_ROWS and/or
DEFRAGMENT_ROWS passes options may increase the number of pages affected.
This option itself does no scans of the table, so performs on the order of a
few system calls.
<p>
SQL example:
To compress a table called CUSTOMER in a schema called US, using all
available compress options:
call SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_INPLACE_COMPRESS_TABLE('US', 'CUSTOMER', 1, 1, 1);
To quickly just return the empty free space at the end of the same table,
this option will run much quicker than running all phases but will likely
return much less space:
call SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_INPLACE_COMPRESS_TABLE('US', 'CUSTOMER', 0, 0, 1);
Java example:
To compress a table called CUSTOMER in a schema called US, using all
available compress options:
CallableStatement cs = conn.prepareCall
("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_COMPRESS_TABLE(?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
cs.setString(1, "US");
cs.setString(2, "CUSTOMER");
cs.setShort(3, (short) 1);
cs.setShort(4, (short) 1);
cs.setShort(5, (short) 1);
cs.execute();
To quickly just return the empty free space at the end of the same table,
this option will run much quicker than running all phases but will likely
return much less space:
CallableStatement cs = conn.prepareCall
("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_COMPRESS_TABLE(?, ?, ?, ?, ?)");
cs.setString(1, "US");
cs.setString(2, "CUSTOMER");
cs.setShort(3, (short) 0);
cs.setShort(4, (short) 0);
cs.setShort(5, (short) 1);
cs.execute();
<p>
It is recommended that the SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_COMPRESS_TABLE procedure is
issued in auto-commit mode.
Note: This procedure acquires an exclusive table lock on the table being compressed. All statement plans dependent on the table or its indexes are invalidated. For information on identifying unused space, see the Derby Server and Administration Guide.