I managed to emulate Don Burleson's problem:
SQL> create table test_table 2 (c1 number) 3 storage (pctfree 20 pctused 30); storage (pctfree 20 pctused 30) * ERROR at line 3: ORA-02143: invalid STORAGE option But when I read the error message, and corrected the error that was reporting, the statement worked: create table test_table(c1 number) pctfree 20 pctused 30; Table created. ========================= Richard was kind enough to refrain from posting the next paragraph in the tip: <quote> This could be a serious issue for the Oracle professional unless they remember that locally-managed tablespaces with automatic space management ignore any specified values for NEXT and FREELISTS. <end quote> There is another error here. For a bonus 10 points can anyone spot it ? Hint - try the following in a tablespace which is locallally managed, with automatic space management, and either system managed or uniform sized extents of no more than 1 M. create table test2(n1 number) storage (initial 1M next 2M pctincrease 100 minextents 3); Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk The educated person is not the person who can answer the questions, but the person who can question the answers -- T. Schick Jr One-day tutorials: http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/tutorial.html Three-day seminar: see http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html ____UK___November The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 1:14 PM again, what is so bad with what burleson said about the pctfree and pctused? > > >> > > >> > From: "Richard Foote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Date: 2003/12/11 Thu AM 06:39:26 EST > >> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Subject: Little competition > >> > > >> > Little competition for you all :) > >> > > >> > It's a two part question: > >> > a.. What's wrong with the following piece of expert analysis ? > >> > b.. Which well know "Oracle Guru" published this (and continues to > >> display it on his web-page) ? > >> > > >> > > >> > "Sadly, Oracle9i doesn't allow you to specify the value for PCTFREE if > >> you're using automatic space management. This is a serious limitation because > >> Oracle9i can't know in advance about the amount of VARCHAR expansion in a > >> table row, leading to excessive row chaining and poor access performance." > >> > > >> > SQL> create table > >> > 2 test_table > >> > 3 (c1 number) > >> > 4 tablespace > >> > 5 asm_test > >> > 6 storage > >> > 7 ( pctfree 20 pctused 30 ) > >> > 8 ; > >> > > >> > ( pctfree 20 pctused 30 ) > >> > * > >> > ERROR at line 7: > >> > ORA-02143: invalid STORAGE option > >> > > >> > However, here's an important point. While Oracle9i rejects the PCTFREE and > >> PCTUSED parameters with locally managed tablespaces with automatic space > >> management, it does allow you to enter invalid settings for NEXT and > >> FREELISTS settings" > >> > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jonathan Lewis 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).