I think the docs must be talking about the fact that the files are created as sparse files. With sparse files you will get the same behavior. I have never noticed them being created smaller than the specified size.
Regards, Denny Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Tom, > > Do you have that doc ref handy? > > Using this SQL: > > create temporary tablespace temp3 tempfile '/u01/oradata/dv03/temp3.dbf' > > size 500m > extent management local uniform size 1m > / > > On both 8.1.7.0 and 9.2.0.1 on RH 7.2 I found that the file was > immediately created full size. > > Platform dependencies maybe? > > Jared > > > > > > > "Mercadante, Thomas F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 03/11/2003 06:19 AM > Please respond to ORACLE-L > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: RE: Tablespaces - datafiles > > > LeRoy, > > I just struggled with this last week. You can't move Temporary Data > files. > You need to drop and recreate the TEMP tablespace - creating the data > files > in the correct directories. > > On a side note - here is an interesting feature. When Oracle creates > files > for the TEMP tablespace, it does not create the files full sized like > it > does for normal data files. It creates them smaller for speed purposes > > (it > creates the TEMP tablespace very fast) and will allow the TEMP data > files > to > grow as needed. > > Now here is the kicker. Let's say you have a disk that is 9 gig is > size. > You can create 10-1 Gig Temp data files on that disk. Since Oracle does > > not > create the files full-sized, there is nothing to stop this from > happening. > Sometime later, as the TEMP tablespace gets used, the files grow until > eventually the disk fills up, and a sql query crashes with an obscure > disk > io error. Oracle is trying to expand the TEMP datafiles to the size > it's > been told they should be. But there is no physical space left on > disk. > > Documentation in 817 does not mention this. But 92 doc's are up to > date. > > nice surprise, eh? > > Tom Mercadante > Oracle Certified Professional > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 8:39 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > All - > > I am having a problem with the datafiles in a temporary tablespace. I > need to move and rename three different datafiles in the tablespace. > I > am able to take them offline - no problem. I cna make the changes at > the OS level. I am running on Unix. But I can't get the changes to > show up in the OEM inorder to bring them back on-line. > > Do I need to remove all users from this tablespace before making these > changes? The tablespace is temporary so does that make a difference? > Any suggestions? > > LeRoy > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: LeRoy Kemnitz > 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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