Review of REORG INDEX output

The output from REORG INDEX consists of a reorganized index or index partition.

The following table summarizes the results of REORG INDEX based upon what you specified.

Table 1. Summary of the results of REORG INDEX
Specification Results
REORG INDEX Entire index (all partitions of a partitioned index)
REORG INDEX PART n Part n of partitioned index

When reorganizing an index, REORG leaves free pages and free space on each page in accordance with the current values of the FREEPAGE and PCTFREE parameters. (You can set those values by using the CREATE INDEX or ALTER INDEX statement.) REORG leaves one free page after reaching the FREEPAGE limit for each table in the index space.

Catalog updates: REORG INDEX updates SYSINDEXPART OLDEST_VERSION and SYSINDEXES OLDEST_VERSION (if applicable).