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Overflows

Sometimes, it may not be possible to insert a record into a page:

  1. no free-space fragment large enough
  2. overall free-space is not large enough
  3. the record is larger than the page
  4. no more free directory slots in page

For case (1), can first try to compact free-space within the page.

If still insufficient space, we need an alternative solution ...