Index Rebuild vs. Coalesce vs. Shrink Space (Pigs – 3 Different Ones) contains demo Differences between a Coalesce, Shrink Space and Rebuild
ANALYZE INDEX bowie_stuff_i VALIDATE STRUCTURE; SELECT height, blocks, lf_blks, br_blks, del_lf_rows, btree_space, pct_used FROM index_stats; SELECT n.name, s.value FROM v$mystat s, v$statname n WHERE s.statistic# = n.statistic# AND n.name = 'redo size'; ALTER INDEX bowie_stuff_i COALESCE; -- or ALTER INDEX bowie_stuff_i SHRINK SPACE COMPACT; -- or ALTER INDEX bowie_stuff_i SHRINK SPACE; -- or ALTER INDEX bowie_stuff_i REBUILD; -- or ALTER INDEX bowie_stuff_i REBUILD ONLINE NOLOGGING; SELECT n.name, s.value FROM v$mystat s, v$statname n WHERE s.statistic# = n.statistic# AND n.name = 'redo size'; ANALYZE INDEX bowie_stuff_i VALIDATE STRUCTURE; SELECT height, blocks, lf_blks, br_blks, del_lf_rows, btree_space, pct_used FROM index_stats;