DBA_TABLESPACES describes all tablespaces in the database.
USER_TABLESPACES describes the tablespaces accessible to the current user. This view does not display the PLUGGED_IN column.
| Column | Datatype | NULL | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
TABLESPACE_NAME | 
VARCHAR2(30) | 
NOT NULL | 
Name of the tablespace | 
BLOCK_SIZE | 
NUMBER | 
NOT NULL | 
Tablespace block size (in bytes) | 
INITIAL_EXTENT | 
NUMBER | 
Default initial extent size (in bytes) | |
NEXT_EXTENT | 
NUMBER | 
Default incremental extent size (in bytes) | |
MIN_EXTENTS | 
NUMBER | 
NOT NULL | 
Default minimum number of extents | 
MAX_EXTENTS | 
NUMBER | 
Default maximum number of extents | |
MAX_SIZE | 
NUMBER | 
Default maximum size of segments (in Oracle blocks) | |
PCT_INCREASE | 
NUMBER | 
Default percent increase for extent size | |
MIN_EXTLEN | 
NUMBER | 
Minimum extent size for this tablespace (in bytes) | |
STATUS | 
VARCHAR2(9) | 
Tablespace status:
  | 
|
CONTENTS | 
VARCHAR2(9) | 
Tablespace contents:
  | 
|
LOGGING | 
VARCHAR2(9) | 
Default logging attribute:
  | 
|
FORCE_LOGGING | 
VARCHAR2(3) | 
Indicates whether the tablespace is under force logging mode (YES) or not (NO) | 
|
EXTENT_MANAGEMENT | 
VARCHAR2(10) | 
Indicates whether the extents in the tablespace are dictionary managed (DICTIONARY) or locally managed (LOCAL) | 
|
ALLOCATION_TYPE | 
VARCHAR2(9) | 
Type of extent allocation in effect for the tablespace:
  | 
|
PLUGGED_IN | 
VARCHAR2(3) | 
Indicates whether the tablespace is plugged in (YES) or not (NO) | 
|
SEGMENT_SPACE_MANAGEMENT | 
VARCHAR2(6) | 
Indicates whether the free and used segment space in the tablespace is managed using free lists (MANUAL) or bitmaps (AUTO) | 
|
DEF_TAB_COMPRESSION | 
VARCHAR2(8) | 
Indicates whether default table compression is enabled (ENABLED) or not (DISABLED)
Note: Enabling default table compression indicates that all tables in the tablespace will be created with table compression enabled unless otherwise specified.  | 
|
RETENTION | 
VARCHAR2(11) | 
Undo tablespace retention:
  | 
|
BIGFILE | 
VARCHAR2(3) | 
Indicates whether the tablespace is a bigfile tablespace (YES) or a smallfile tablespace (NO) | 
|
PREDICATE_EVALUATION | 
VARCHAR2(7) | 
Indicates whether predicates are evaluated by host (HOST) or by storage (STORAGE) | 
|
ENCRYPTED | 
VARCHAR2(3) | 
Indicates whether the tablespace is encrypted (YES) or not (NO) | 
|
COMPRESS_FOR | 
VARCHAR2(12) | 
Default compression for what kind of operations: | 
Footnote 1 Hybrid Columnar Compression is a feature of the Enterprise Edition of Oracle Database that is dependent on the underlying storage system. See Oracle Database Concepts for more information.
See Also:
"USER_TABLESPACES"