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Answer Posted / p.rajasekar
High-water mark is an indicator or pointer up to which
table or index has ever contain data. Let us illustrate
this statement as Suppose we create an empty table , the
high-water mark would be at the beginning of the table
segment.
After inserting data in the table segment , the HWM moves
and point the position up to which the data is in the
segment.By inserting more data in the table segment, HWM
moves further to point the position up to which the data
is in the segment.
------- DATA-----------------
Un-Used Blocks
Now let us delete the data and see the pointer of HWM
DATA
------- Empty Blocks Un-Used Blocks
Full Table
Scan
As you seen above by deleting the data , HWM does
not move. The main disadvantage of this is that oracle
always read the blocks up to high water mark in case of
full table scan . You may have ever notice that doing a
count(*) on empty table , takes time to show you 0 rows.
The reason for delay is setting of HWM at higher position.
Now the question arises in front of us , how we set the
high-water mark at lower position ?
The only way to set the HWM is to truncate a table.
Let us see how truncate set the HWM.
No data in the segment
HWM is reset now , after truncating data.
Table where lots of deletion or insertion takes place ,
probably has High HWM. If the HWM is high , it is better
to rebuild table segment for performance sake.
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