Tblspace tblspace entries

The tblspace tblspace describes the characteristics of tblspaces.

To display information on a tblspace, use the oncheck -pt command.
Table 1. tblspace tblspace page components
Component Description
Page header 48 bytes of page-header information
Page-ending time stamp 8 bytes
Tblspace header 160 bytes, general tblspace information
Tblspace name database.owner.tablename or database.owner.indexname

Typically 30-40 bytes long but can be longer, depending on the length of the name.

Column information 8 bytes for each special column

A special column is defined as a VARCHAR, BYTE, TEXT, or user-defined data type.

Index information A 20-byte header that contains general information about the index, followed by a 16-byte entry for each column in the index.
Extent information An 18-byte entry plus 18 bytes of information for each extent that is allocated to the tblspace.

During the defragmentation of the tblspace, more bytes might be used.