"Peter van Rijn" <p.vanrijnRM_at_THISzhew.nl> wrote in message
news:vb4h08qrm0qn0a_at_corp.supernews.com...
<snip clear explanation>
> Third:
> ====
> If you use this alternate form you will HAVE to use the TEMPFILE clause. I
> don't know how the tempfiles are implemented on Wondows, but on Unix they
> are created as so-called sparse files. That's why this sort of tablespace
> creation is so incredibly fast.
They are sparse on 2000/XP, though not IIRC on NT4.
--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
Received on Fri May 02 2003 - 06:02:32 CDT
