Re: Why the size of Oracle 10g database is much smaller than Oracle 9i?

From: Ed Stevens <nospam_at_noway.nohow>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 07:31:14 -0600
Message-ID: <57kmp052g0j8svatb8s7um27bk3ia53ulq@4ax.com>

On 16 Nov 2004 17:37:40 -0800, wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au (Noons) wrote:

>Brian Dick <bdick_at_cox.net> wrote in message news:<kph48bk7nolx$.1dyli46ofitkf.dlg_at_40tude.net>...
>> They only put the 1's on the disk and left off the 0's. Also, even though
>> 0's were nothing, they were wider than the 1's and therefore took up more
>> space.
>
>Now, THAT is compression!

Of course, now you have to buy the supplementary zero kit. It's included in the Enterprise Edition license, but is an extra cost item for Standard Edition licensees.

And Patch #73.b is required to fix the routine that merges the zeros back in to the installed binaries. Received on Wed Nov 17 2004 - 07:31:14 CST