"John MacAskill" <jmacaski_at_bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:7jmqbucthba0rhhf9lvlbasauvr98ki9po_at_4ax.com...
> Important point and the reason none of my databases auto extend.
>
> Regardless of the maximum file size on NTFS file systems if a database
hits
> exactly 4GB or multiple thereof there is a high probability it will be
> corrupted. If it is a byte either side of the 4 GB limit it will be fine
but not
> the exact value. This is due to another wonderful Microsoftism. Thanks
Bill
This is the bug I ran into and I don't believe it is a Bill problem. It is
allegedly fixed in an 8.1.7 patchset and doesn't apparently exist in 8.0. I
can't therefore believe that it is a MS problem but an Oracle bug. FWIW it
also has an Oracle bug number.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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Received on Wed Apr 17 2002 - 09:22:55 CDT
