What is reorg in DB2

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What is reorg in DB2 ..

Answer / harish

Reorg is needed whenever indexed columns are updated frequently.

When indexed columns are updated frequently, then the index
for the table has to be created again.

So REORG utility is run which will drop the index and create
the index again for the table.

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What is reorg in DB2 ..

Answer / srini

REORG will reorganise the records as per the clustered
Index/index fields,so that the system can access records
easily thru which the access cost will come down
drastically,so its always advisable to run REORG after
every mass inserts/updates/deletes on table.

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What is reorg in DB2 ..

Answer / vivekk ram

when ever a record is deleted, it marks the record to be deleted but the physically it is not deleted in db. So using reorg command is ran, it physically deletes the record from db.

Please correct me, if i'm wrong..

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