Oracle Corporation
System and method for in-place data writes to reduce fragmentation in a multidimensional database environment

Abstract:

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for use with a multidimensional database computing environment. Particularly, a system and method are described for performing in-place data writes to a data storage medium associated with the multidimensional database computing environment. For example, when multiple data updates from calculation scripts are associated with a same set of blocks, the in-place data enable the system to reduce fragmentation of the data storage medium, and also to reduce contention due to index updates.