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Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> The big benefit of LMTs, and the reason why, over time, you should indeed
> slowly migrate toward them, is that they free the DBA up from worrying about
> the number of extents, and the size of those extents. That's all. It's a
> convenience thing. not a measurable-performance thing.
> Regards
> HJR
From where I stand ... the huge value of LMTs is contained in two
words: UNIFORM SIZE
The end of export-import to deal with tablespace fragmentation. And yes I know it isn't necessary in the abstract. But it sure is in the real world.
-- Daniel Morgan http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/oad/oad_crs.asp http://www.outreach.washington.edu/ext/certificates/aoa/aoa_crs.asp damorgan_at_x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with a 'u' to reply)Received on Sun Mar 28 2004 - 21:46:17 CST