From: Helmut Tessarek on
> Is there a better way to do this ?

No, not with 8.1.

> how do we reclaim the space left open by the deletes ? Can you REORG
> it like you would on a regular table ?

Yes you will have to do a reorg. Check the reorg command reference at:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v8/topic/com.ibm.db2.udb.doc/core/r0001966.htm

You won't be able to lower the HWM in the tablespace though.

Please advise the customer that 8.1 has been out of support for over a year
now. If he runs into any problem, he is on his own.

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Helmut K. C. Tessarek
DB2 Performance and Development

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