What is high water mark?
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What is high water mark?
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The high water mark acts as an indicator within a data segment, which demarcates the used and the unused space, or space that has been formatted for user data. The space below this mark cannot be released even if there is no user data in it. If the segment is completely empty, a user can release that space by issuing the TRUNCATE .. DROP STORAGE statement.
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