Hi,

My point was that it could allocate one more extent as per need. Why the
need to minextents = 2?

Thanks
Kumanan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephane Faroult [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 07 March 2002 20:54
> To:   Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject:      Re: A rollback segment question on minextents
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I was wondering why Oracle force minextents for rollback
> > segments to be two. Why can't we have minextents zero or
> > no minextents clause at all.
> > 
> > We can surely set initial extent to be large enough ourselves
> > and next extent sized accordingly.
> > 
> > Can someone enlighten me on the reason/thought behind this?
> > 
> > Many thanks
> > 
> > Kumanan Balasundaram
> > Database Administrator, IT
> > QXL ricardo plc
> > www.qxl.com
> > P: +44 (0)208 962 7409
> 
> Oracle doesn't reuse an extent which contains active transactions. What
> do you think would happen when you reach the end of your initial extent
> ? Exactly.
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