How to check the size of an Oracle database?

2 years ago
Benjamin Taylor
1 minute

You can view the size of an Oracle database by following these steps:

  1. Login to SQL*Plus or SQL Developer on the Oracle database server.
  2. Use the following command to view the size of the database:
  3. Retrieve the tablespace names and their corresponding sizes in megabytes from the database data files, grouped by tablespace name.
  4. This command will retrieve the names and sizes of all tablespaces (in MB).
  5. If you want to view the total size of the entire database, you can use the following command:
  6. Calculate the total size in megabytes by summing the bytes from the data files in the database.
  7. This command will provide the total size of the entire database in MB.

Please note that you need to have the appropriate permissions to execute the above command. If you do not have the necessary permissions, please contact the database administrator.

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