Tom In this case, I would use a uniform extent size -- you know approximately how large the data is today. Since there is no measureable overhead for having multiple segments, I would go with something much smaller than a 12MB extent size -- 512K to 1MB, depending on what your OS read size is.
Kevin Just Plain Certifiable -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 4:25 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L All, I'm being given a requirement to store a BLOB column in the database. I'm being told that the average size of the file (it's a PDF) is 12,000 K. I'm assuming that I should store this column in a separate tablespace from the table data. If I use an LMT tablespace, what should I use for the uniform allocation size? Should I use 12,000 K or something larger to store one PDF per segment? Am I all wrong here? thanks in advance Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Mercadante, Thomas F 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Kevin Toepke 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).