kumanan.balasundaram_at_qxl.com wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering why Oracle force minextents for rollback
> segments to be two. Why can't we have minextents zero or
> no minextents clause at all.
>
> We can surely set initial extent to be large enough ourselves
> and next extent sized accordingly.
>
> Can someone enlighten me on the reason/thought behind this?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Kumanan Balasundaram
> Database Administrator, IT
> QXL ricardo plc
> www.qxl.com
> P: +44 (0)208 962 7409
Oracle doesn't reuse an extent which contains active transactions. What
do you think would happen when you reach the end of your initial extent
? Exactly.
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