Re: TEMP tblspc appear full, how to clean up

In article <ac5ech$3ev$1_at_lust.ihug.co.nz>, "Howard says...
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>You don't get it back. Temporary segments are created during sorts and
>aggregations, and -just like with any other segment- once they're created,
>they're there for good.
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>Well, sort of. Uniquely, temporary segments are dropped when the database is
>bounced. So there's one possible cure.
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>SMON should also occasionally decide to wake up and coalesce free space in
>the temporary tablespace, provided it's genuinely free and not being used or
>re-used by someone else. From memory, SMON does its thing every twelve
>hours.

I think this may be version specific too, so if you don't see it every 12 hours don't think it's a bug!

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>Regards
>HJR
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>"Kenny Yu" <kyu_at_biodiscovery.com> wrote in message
>news:ue7t0ek4d9cc1e_at_corp.supernews.com...
>> At one time, O9i complained TEMP tablespace full. I checked to see 99%
>used.
>> I expanded it to 100 mb. It instantly used the 100 mb. The usage mark has
>> stayed at 99% ever since. A guy was running a big nested select with
>> aggregation. I figure some data is staying there. How do I reclaim the
>> space?
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HTH. Additions and corrections welcome.

Pete

SELECT standard_disclaimer, witty_remark FROM company_requirements; Received on Sat May 18 2002 - 09:02:01 CDT