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A copy of this was sent to Peter Chan <chanp_at_nortel.ca> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Mon, 01 Jun 1998 08:36:30 -0400, you wrote:
>Is there a maximum on the initial extent size of a table?
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it can't be larger then the largest datafile in the tablespace the object you are creating resides in.
>Is it a good idea to make an initial extent of a table to be larger than
>the size of a datafile in a tablespace?
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That would be a really bad idea. See above.
An extent is a contigous collection of blocks within a file. An extent always fits within a datafile and never crosses datafile boundaries. A segement is a collection of extents. Segments may cross datafile boundaries since each extent for a segment may be in a different datafile.
>Thanks a bunch!
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Herndon VA
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