DBA_DATA_FILES

DBA_DATA_FILES describes database files.

Column Datatype NULL Description

FILE_NAME

VARCHAR2(513)

  

Name of the database file

FILE_ID

NUMBER

  

File identifier number of the database file

TABLESPACE_NAME

VARCHAR2(30)

  

Name of the tablespace to which the file belongs

BYTES

NUMBER

  

Size of the file in bytes

BLOCKS

NUMBER

  

Size of the file in Oracle blocks

STATUS

VARCHAR2(9)

  

File status: AVAILABLE or INVALID (INVALID means that the file number is not in use, for example, a file in a tablespace that was dropped)

RELATIVE_FNO

NUMBER

  

Relative file number

AUTOEXTENSIBLE

VARCHAR2(3)

  

Autoextensible indicator

MAXBYTES

NUMBER

  

Maximum file size in bytes

MAXBLOCKS

NUMBER

  

Maximum file size in blocks

INCREMENT_BY

NUMBER

  

Number of Oracle blocks used as autoextension increment

USER_BYTES

NUMBER

  

The size of the file available for user data. The actual size of the file minus the USER_BYTES value is used to store file related metadata.

USER_BLOCKS

NUMBER

  

Number of blocks which can be used by the data

ONLINE_STATUS

VARCHAR2(7)

  

Online status of the file:

  • SYSOFF

  • SYSTEM

  • OFFLINE

  • ONLINE

  • RECOVER