Dbspace Management Example

This section illustrates the dbspace management process from creating a new database and adding objects and data to the database, through relocating objects and dropping the empty dbspace. This example includes sample SQL code and the output of the related system stored procedures.

Creating the Database Objects

Create a small database, dbspacedb, using:

CREATE DATABASE 'D:\IQ\dbspacedb'
     IQ PATH 'D:\IQ\dbspacedb.iq'
     IQ SIZE 10
     IQ RESERVE 100
     TEMPORARY SIZE 10
     TEMPORARY RESERVE 10
     JCONNECT OFF;

Connect to the dbspacedb database:

CONNECT DATABASE dbspacedb
     user DBA identified by sql;

Add two dbspaces to the dbspacedb database:

CREATE DBSPACE dbspacedb2 
USING FILE dbspace2 'D:\IQ\dbspacedb.iq2'
SIZE 10 RESERVE 20MB;CREATE DBSPACE dbspacedb3 
USING FILE dbspace3 'D:\IQ\dbspacedb.iq3'
SIZE 10 RESERVE 40MB;

Changing the Size of a Dbspace

The main store in the preceding example is too small for the tables to be added in the next example. The ALTER DBSPACE commands in this section change the dbspace size.

The database dbspacedb has a reserve size of 100MB for the IQ main store, which was set using the IQ RESERVE parameter of the CREATE DATABASE statement. This IQ main store (the IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN dbspace) can be extended by 100MB. The original IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN is created with a size of 10 MB (the IQ SIZE parameter of CREATE DATABASE). The following ALTER DBSPACE command with the ADD parameter extends the IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN dbspace by 10MB to 20MB:

ALTER DBSPACE IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN ADD 10mb;

sp_iqdbspace;

DBSpaceName	DBSpaceType	Writable	Online
IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN	MAIN	T	T
IQ_SYSTEM_TEMP	TEMPORARY	T	T
dbspacedb2	MAIN	T	T
dbspacedb3	MAIN	T	T

Usage	TotalSize	Reserve	NumFiles	NumRWFiles
25	20M	90M	1	1
7	10M	10M	1	1
1	10N	20M	1	1
1	10M	40M	1	1

Stripingon	StripeSize	BlkTypes	OK ToDrop
T	1K	1H,1248F,32D,177A,128M	N
T	1K	1H,64F,16A	N
T	1K	1H	Y
T	1K	1H	Y

If you do not create the dbspacedb database with an IQ RESERVE value, you cannot extend the dbspace. You can, however make the dbspace smaller, and the size taken away from the dbspace is added to the reserve.

The IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN dbspace is now 20MB in size. Resize the dbspace to 15MB:

ALTER DBSPACE IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN SIZE 15mb;

sp_iqdbspace;

DBSpaceName	DBSpaceType	Writable	Online
IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN	MAIN	T	T
IQ_SYSTEM_TEMP	TEMPORARY	T	T
dbspacedb2	MAIN	T	T
dbspacedb3	MAIN	T	T

Usage	TotalSize	Reserve	NumFiles	NumRWFiles
25	15M	95M	1	1
7	10M	10M	1	1
1	10N	20M	1	1
1	10M	40M	1	1

Stripingon	StripeSize	BlkTypes	OK ToDrop
T	1K	1H,1248F,32D,177A,128M	N
T	1K	1H,64F,16A	N
T	1K	1H	Y
T	1K	1H	Y

You can decrease the dbspace size only if the truncated portion is not in use. Use sp_iqdbspaceinfo to determine which blocks are in use by the objects on a dbspace.

Adding Database Objects

Create two tables in the dbspacedb database, create indexes, and add some data:

CREATE TABLE t1(c1 int);
CREATE TABLE t2(c1 int);
CREATE hg INDEX t1c1hg ON t1(c1);
CREATE hng INDEX t2c1hng ON t2(c1);
INSERT t1 VALUES(1);
INSERT t2 VALUES(2);
COMMIT;

Displaying Information about Dbspaces

Display information about all dbspaces in the dbspacedb database. The following example shows dbspaces in the iqdemo database. Output is divided into two parts to improve readability:

sp_iqdbspace;

DBSpaceName	DBSpaceType	Writable	Online	Usage	TotalSize	Reserve
IQ_SYSTEM_MAIN	MAIN	T	T	25	50M	100M
IQ_SYSTEM_TEMP	TEMPORARY	T	T	7	10M	10M
dbspacedb2	MAIN	T	T	1	10N	20M
dbspacedb3	MAIN	T	T	1	10M	40M

NumFiles	NumRWFiles	Stripingon	StripeSize	BlkTypes	OK ToDrop
1	1	T	1K	1H,1248F,32D,177A,128M	N
1	1	T	1K	1H,64F,16A	N
1	1	T	1K	1H	Y
1	1	T	1K	1H	Y

Display information about object placement and space usage for a specific dbspace.

Note: The next two examples show objects in the iqdemo database to better illustrate output. Note that iqdemo includes a sample user dbspace named iq_main that may not be present in your own databases.

The following output is divided into parts to improve readability:

sp_iqdbspaceinfo;

dbspace_name	object_type	owner	object_name	object_id	id
iq_main	table	DBA	emp1	3,813	743
iq_main	table	DBA	iq_dummy	3,801	742
iq_main	table	DBA	sale	3,822	744
iq_main	table	GROUPO	Contacts	3,662	734
iq_main	table	GROUPO	Customers	3,639	733
iq_main	table	GROUPO	Departments	3,756	740
iq_main	table	GROUPO	Employees	3,765	741
iq_main	table	GROUPO	FinancialCodes	3,736	738
iq_main	table	GROUPO	FinancialData	3,745	739
iq_main	table	GROUPO	Products	3,717	737
iq_main	table	GROUPO	SalesOrderItems	3,704	736
iq_main	table	GROUPO	SalesOrders	3,689	735

columns	indexes	metadata	primary_key
96K	0B	1.37M	0B
24K	0B	464K	0B
96K	0B	1.22M	0B
288K	0B	5.45M	24K
240K	48K	4.63M	24K
72K	0B	1.78M	24K
408K	0B	8.03M	24K
72K	0B	1.53M	24K
96K	0B	2.19M	24K
272K	192K	4.67M	24K
120K	0B	2.7M	24K
144K	0B	3.35M	24K

unique_ constraint	foreign_key	dbspace_online
0B	0B	Y
0B	0B	Y
0B	0B	Y
0B	48K	Y
0B	0B	Y
0B	48K	Y
0B	48K	Y
0B	0B	Y
0B	48K	Y
0B	0B	Y
0B	104K	Y
0B	144K	Y

Use the sp_iqindexinfo system stored procedure to display object placement and space usage for a specific table or index. The following information is from the iqdemo database.

sp_iqindexinfo 'table GROUPO.Customers';

Object	DBSpaceName	ObjSize	DBSpPct	MinBlk	MaxBlk
GROUPO.Customers	iq_main	200K	1	1,045,460	1,051,032
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C10_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,689	1,047,147
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C1_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,641	1,047,213
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C2_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,961	1,047,203
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C3_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,833	1,047,196
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C4_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,737	1,047,189
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C5_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,929	1,047,182
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C6_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,047,009	1,047,175
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C7_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,945	1,047,168
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C8_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,785	1,047,161
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_C9_FP	iq_main	440K	1	1,046,881	1,047,154
GROUPO.Customers.ASIQ_IDX_T733_I11_HG	iq_main	152K	1	1,047,121	1,047,206
GROUPO.Customers.IX_customer_name	iq_main	304K	1	1,050,995	1,051,038

For the full syntax of the sp_iqdbspace, sp_iqdbspaceinfo, and sp_iqindexinfo system stored procedures, see Reference: Building Blocks, Tables, and Procedures.