The new way (ie tempfile) must be locally managed. It is used for ANY temporary segment (including sorting). They have other advantages as well - less redo generated, can be used to open a standby for query, trivially quick to allocate etc.
hth connor --- "Daiminger, Helmut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm getting kinda confused concerning the two types > of temporary > tablespaces: > > create tablespace NAME temporary... is the "old" way > of creating a temporary > tablespace for sorting purposes. It only allows for > sort segments to be > stored there. And it can only be dictionary managed, > right? > > create temporary tablespace NAME tempfile... is the > "new" way for it. It can > either be dictionary managed or locally managed. > But the complete reference says that this tablespace > will only be used for > temporary tables. > Does this tablespace also allow for sort segments? > > Or do I need both types of tablespaces? > > This is 8.1.7 on Sun Solaris. > > Thanks, > Helmut > > ===== Connor McDonald http://www.oracledba.co.uk (mirrored at http://www.oradba.freeserve.co.uk) "Some days you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue" ________________________________________________________________ Nokia 5510 looks weird sounds great. Go to http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/nokia/ discover and win it! The competition ends 16 th of December 2001. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: =?iso-8859-1?q?Connor=20McDonald?= INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
