Re: Large files under oracle7.1.6

From: <johnny_chan_at_earthling.net>
Date: 1998/02/25
Message-ID: <6d1ucv$p9k$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>#1/1

In article <01bd403d$9a2153a0$118df1c3_at_msegers>, "maurice segers" <msegers_at_worldonline.nl> wrote:
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> We are installing a large database on a HPUX 10.20 machine usinf oracle
> 7.1.6.
> There are several tables that are very large (one table over 28 GB). After
> checking oracle if they are supporting large file (over 2GB) the answer was
> no.
>
> One solution is to split the datafiles into 2GB of space. But as you know
> you cannot make you tables larger than the datafile.
>

the above statement is not correct. you can easily have a table span multiple datafiles, as long as the datafiles are all part of the same tablespace. you are confusing the correct restriction that a table cannot span multiple tablespaces.

Johnny Chan
Independent Oracle Specialist

> Does anyone use HPUX 10.20 whit tablespaces larger than 2GB at once and
> what is your experiance.
>
> Mauice
>

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