Creating a table space sql developer

Question

I asked this question over at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52068320/creating-a-table-space-sql-developer, but there was no traction on the question, i thought i might try my luck over here.

I'm creating a tablespace to allocate some tables I've made. I'm new to SQL and i'm not exactly sure what my next step is to create the tablespace.

I understood and found that in order for me create a non-clustered table space i need to:

1. Calculate the total block header size.
2. Calculate the available data space per data block.
3. Calculate the space used per row.
4. Calculate the total number of rows that will fit in a data block.

I've calculated these figures for each table i have, but i'm clueless on the next step after this.

How do I use my calculated values to create a tablespace?

Answer 1

Since you quoted SQL Developer in your question -

View > DBA

Add your connection.

Go to Storage, Tablespaces.

Right-click, 'Create New'

Fill in the details - and I agree with Gerard Pile's comment to your question - you don't need to worry about what you're worrying about. Just pick a directory, file name, and intial file size, and how you want it to grow, with an optional max file size.

You could theoretically override the database's DB_BLOCK_SIZE on the 'Properties' page, but that's generally not necessary.

If you want to see the SQL that's generated by the dialog, click on the 'DDL' page of the popup, otherwise, just click 'Ok.'