RE: Temporary Tablespace Design

Jared,
 Thanks for pointing that out.
 Yes, the free() is not immediate. However, I was generalizing all the OS actions before & after the sort. Unfortunately I missed Steve's post on this. I will search his Web site to see if there is anything related to this.

• Kirti

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Still [SMTP:jkstill_at_cybcon.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:25 AM
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> Subject: Re: Temporary Tablespace Design
>
> On Wednesday 18 April 2001 07:40, you wrote:
> > Hi John,
> > After the sort phase is complete, Oracle will trigger memory
> > de-allocation and the OS will go at work again.
>
> Kirti,
>
> I seem to recall a post from Steve Adams not too long ago about
> this. As I recall, free() is not called immediately, but may be delayed.
>
> Know anything about that?
>
> Jared
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