Temporary Tablespace Enhancements in Oracle

Database 11g Release 1

Oracle 11g has a new view called DBA_TEMP_FREE_SPACE that displays
information about temporary tablespace usage.
SQL> SELECT * FROM dba_temp_free_space;

TABLESPACE_NAME
FREE_SPACE

TABLESPACE_SIZE ALLOCATED_SPACE

------------------------------ --------------- --------------- ---------TEMP

56623104

56623104 55574528

1 row selected.

SQL>

Armed with this information, you can perform an online shrink of a temporary
tablespace using the ALTER TABLESPACE command.
SQL> ALTER TABLESPACE temp SHRINK SPACE KEEP 40M;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> SELECT * FROM dba_temp_free_space;

TABLESPACE_NAME
FREE_SPACE

TABLESPACE_SIZE ALLOCATED_SPACE

------------------------------ --------------- --------------- ---------TEMP

42991616

1048576 41943040

1 row selected.

SQL>

The shrink can also be directed to a specific tempfile using the TEMPFILE clause.
SQL> ALTER TABLESPACE temp SHRINK TEMPFILE
'/u01/app/oracle/oradata/DB11G/temp01.dbf' KEEP 30M;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> SELECT * FROM dba_temp_free_space;

TABLESPACE_NAME
FREE_SPACE

TABLESPACE_SIZE ALLOCATED_SPACE

------------------------------ --------------- --------------- ---------TEMP

31522816

65536 31457280

1 row selected.

SQL>

The KEEP clause specifies the minimum size of the tablespace or tempfile. If this is
omitted, the database will shrink the tablespace or tempfile to the smallest possible
size.
SQL> ALTER TABLESPACE temp SHRINK SPACE;

Tablespace altered.

SQL> SELECT * FROM dba_temp_free_space;

TABLESPACE_NAME
FREE_SPACE

TABLESPACE_SIZE ALLOCATED_SPACE

------------------------------ --------------- --------------- ---------TEMP

1 row selected.

SQL>

1114112

65536

1048576