but if the load is a one time thing (as he described) then the allocation hit happens only once and I still don't see a benefit and in fact can see how it might hurt -- tablespace fragmentation etc
I'd rather see large extents but more of them --- Stephane Faroult <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rachel Carmichael wrote: > > > > > An example: Think of load a lot of data into a table, and then > load > > > on a very limited basis. This tells me to create a large first > > >extent that everything can fit into. > > > > why? there is no benefit to that > > > > Rachel, > > No benefit when the data is loaded, but there is justification to > it > if it avoids extent allocations during the load - at least for a > dictionary managed tablespace. > > -- > Regards, > > Stephane Faroult > Oriole Software > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Stephane Faroult > 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). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael 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).
