sp_iqdbspace Procedure

Displays detailed information about each SAP Sybase IQ dbspace.

Syntax

sp_iqdbspacedbspace-name ]

Applies to

Simplex and multiplex.

Privileges

You must have EXECUTE privilege on the system procedure, as well as the MANAGE ANY DBSPACE system privilege.

Remarks

Use the information from sp_iqdbspace to determine whether data must be moved, and for data that has been moved, whether the old versions have been deallocated.

Column Name Description
DBSpaceName Name of the dbspace as specified in the CREATE DBSPACE statement. Dbspace names are always case-insensitive, regardless of the CREATE DATABASE...CASE IGNORE or CASE RESPECT specification.
DBSpaceType Type of the dbspace (MAIN, SHARED_TEMP, TEMPORARY, RLV, or CACHE).
Writable T (writable) or F (not writable).
Online T (online) or F (offline).
Usage Percent of dbspace currently in use by all files in the dbspace.
TotalSize Total size of all files in the dbspace in the units B (bytes), K (kilobytes), M (megabytes), G (gigabytes), T (terabytes), or P (petabytes).
Reserve Total reserved space that can be added to all files in the dbspace.
NumFiles Number of files in the dbspace.
NumRWFiles Number of read/write files in the dbspace.
Stripingon F (Off).
StripeSize Always 1, if disk striping is on.
BlkTypes Space used by both user data and internal system structures.
OkToDrop "Y" indicates the dbspace can be dropped; otherwise "N".

Values of the BlkTypes block type identifiers:

Identifier Block Type
A Active version
B Backup structures
C Checkpoint log
D Database identity
F Free list
G Global free list manager
H Header blocks of the free list
I Index advice storage
M Multiplex CM*
O Old version
R RLV free list manager
T Table use
U Index use
N Column use
X Drop at checkpoint

*The multiplex commit identity block (actually 128 blocks) exists in all IQ databases, even though it is not used by simplex databases.

Example

Displays information about dbspaces:

sp_iqdbspace;
Note: The following example shows objects in the iqdemo database to better illustrate output. iqdemo includes a sample user dbspace named iq_main that may not be present in your own databases.
DBSpaceName DBSpaceType Writable
IQ_MAIN MAIN T
IQ__ SYSTEM_ MAIN MAIN T
IQ_SYSTEM_ TEMP TEMPORARY T
myDas CACHE T
(Continued)

Online

Usage DBSpaceName
T 55 IQ_MAIN
T 21 IQ__ SYSTEM_ MAIN
T 1 IQ_SYSTEM_ TEMP
T 1 myDas
(Continued)

Reserve

NumFiles NumRWFiles
200M 1 1
50M 1 1
50M 1 1
0B 5 5
(Continued)

DBSpaceName

Stripingon Stripe Size
IQ_MAIN T 1K
IQ__ SYSTEM_ MAIN F 8K
IQ_SYSTEM_ TEMP F 8K
myDas T 1K
(Continued)

Blk Types

OkTo Drop
1H, 5169A, 190 N
1H, 7648F, 32D, 128M N
1H, 64F, 32A N
5, 192FH Y
Related reference
sp_iqindexinfo Procedure
sp_iqdbspaceinfo Procedure
sp_iqspaceinfo Procedure
Determining the Security Model Used by a Database