Re: difference between temporary tablespaces

From: Connor McDonald <hamcdc_at_yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 02:46:43 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.003D58DB.20011205013007@fatcity.com>

The new way (ie tempfile) must be locally managed. It is used for ANY temporary segment (including sorting).  They have other advantages as well - less redo generated, can be used to open a standby for query, trivially quick to allocate etc.

hth
connor

• "Daiminger, Helmut" <Helmut.Daiminger_at_KirchGruppe.de> wrote: > Hi!
  >
  > I'm getting kinda confused concerning the two types
  > of temporary
  > tablespaces:
  >
  > create tablespace NAME temporary... is the "old" way
  > of creating a temporary
  > tablespace for sorting purposes. It only allows for
  > sort segments to be
  > stored there. And it can only be dictionary managed,
  > right?
  >
  > create temporary tablespace NAME tempfile... is the
  > "new" way for it. It can
  > either be dictionary managed or locally managed.
  > But the complete reference says that this tablespace
  > will only be used for
  > temporary tables.
  > Does this tablespace also allow for sort segments?
  >
  > Or do I need both types of tablespaces?
  >
  > This is 8.1.7 on Sun Solaris.
  >
  > Thanks,
  > Helmut
  >
  >
  

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