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2594175 - Table with compressed lob column uses more space when populating table via view - SAP ASE

Symptom

  • Table with compressed text column and
  • lob_compression = 0
  • sp_spaceused shows more space used when data is inserted through the view rather than directly into the table:

    • Data inserted directly into the table:
      sp_spaceused myTable, 1
      go

      index_name      size         reserved         
      -------------------- ------------  -------------
      idx1                         8 KB        64 KB           
      tmyTable            804 KB     832 KB        

      name          rowtotal    reserved   data   index_size   
      -------------- ------------- -------------- --------  --------------
      myTable            200      928 KB   8 KB    812 KB

    • Same data inserted into the table through the view

      sp_spaceused myTable, 1
      go

      index_name      size         reserved         
      -------------------- ------------  -------------
      idx1                         8 KB        64 KB           
      tmyTable          4804 KB    4848 KB        

      name          rowtotal    reserved   data   index_size   
      -------------- ------------- -------------- --------  --------------
      myTable            200     4944 KB  8 KB   4812 KB


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Product

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 15.7

Keywords

KBA , BC-SYB-ASE , Sybase ASE Database Platform (non Business Suite) , Problem

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