You can reuse used free pages in tables and indexes by converting them to unused pages. Similarly, you can reuse used free segments by converting them to unused segments. Before reading the descriptions in this section, however, you must be familiar with page statuses and segment statuses. For details about page statuses, see 4.3 Page design. For details about segment statuses, see 4.2 Segment design.

Organization of this section

7.4.1 Reusing used free pages

7.4.2 Reusing used free segments