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Francis Wong wrote:
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> When updating a lot of rows in a big table, will Oracle copied uncommitted
> data into datafiles because there is not enough memory in SGA?
With (any) update the changes are written to the datafile (as good as) instantaneously...This is why a commit is nice and quick and a rollback can take hours...
HTH
-- =========================================== Connor McDonald http://www.oracledba.co.uk We are born naked, wet and hungry...then things get worseReceived on Wed Sep 13 2000 - 05:24:17 CDT
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