Rachel, if you can execute sqlplus, you can do the "nm" thing. You don't need to log in as "oracle".
> -----Original Message----- > From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:24 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: datafile sizing question > > > I'm betting that it's not 64-bit Oracle. See, I am the > development DBA. > As an employee, I get to create the scripts, but I don't get to run > them or even get access as "oracle" to the servers. > > In other words, all the grunt work, all the responsibility > for problems > (production is managed by a hosting company) but none of the power to > make sure it's right. > > I love my job. Why? > > Rachel > > --- "Gogala, Mladen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know that wuth 64 bit HP-UX and 64 bit Oracle RDBMS, > > I have no problems with 1 8GB file. I don't know much > > about Solaris, but I suppose the following will work: > > > > nm $ORACLE_HOME/lib/libclntsh.so|grep lseek64 > > > > Results should be nonempty and look something like > > this: > > __lseek64 | |undef |code | > > __lseek64 | 6589540|uext |stub | > > __lseek64 | 7173576|uext |stub | > > > > > > That meens that lseek64 is used, as an external symbol, from > > the OS libraries. That, in turn, means that your oracle is using > > 64 bit routines and is, therefore, 64 bit itself and can handle > > large files. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:33 PM > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Subject: datafile sizing question > > > > > > > > > Okay, I'm about to create some locally managed > tablespaces for some > > > large partitioned tables. I plan on making each datafile 2GB, with > > an > > > extent of 20M. > > > > > > What I've done other times when I use LMTs is add 64K to the > > > file size, > > > for the bitmap header, so that I don't waste most of an > extent. But > > in > > > those cases, the datafile size has been less than 2GB. > > > > > > We will be on Solaris 2.8, I know that the OS can handle files > > larger > > > than 2GB but it makes me nervous to do this. > > > > > > I hate to waste most of 20M just for the bitmap header. > > > > > > Is my thinking way off? If you've been doing this sort of sizing > > (it's > > > a data warehouse, yes), what have you done? > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > Rachel > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > > http://sbc.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 > http://www.fatcity.com > > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting > > services > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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). 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