ORA-1658 even though there is enough contig free

From: Jesse, Rich <Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:18:28 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004A695E.20020730131828@fatcity.com>

Hi all,

On 8.1.7.2.0 on HP/UX 11.0, I need to create an index online. So, I see how much space I have:

select max(bytes/1024/1024)
from dba_free_space
where tablespace_name = 'MY_IDX_TS';

...and it returns "147.3475". So I create my index:

CREATE INDEX myschema.mycoolidx
 ON myschema.mycooltbl(mycoolcol) PCTFREE 15

	STORAGE(
		INITIAL 140 M
		NEXT 30 M
		)

NOLOGGING ONLINE TABLESPACE my_idx_ts PARALLEL 2;

But I keep getting "ORA-01658 unable to create initial extent in MY_IDX_TS", even though there is ample room. I thought it was because I had originally tried it with "PARALLEL 2" and there was some overhead needed, so I coalesced the TS (DICTIONARY, obviously) and tried it without the PARALLEL to no avail. I've even dropped the INITIAL down to 130M without luck (again after coalescing). Oh, to be LOCAL...

So, how big can I make the initial extent? I don't remember running into this before and I can't find anything on MetaLink. And of course, I killed the session when it was creating it so now I can't drop the index without a ORA-8104 error.

Anyone?

TIA!

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
Rich.Jesse_at_qtiworld.com              Quad/Tech International, Sussex, WI USA

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