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What are the sizes of your files. An extent has to fit into one file
>> tmcconechy_at_bcbc.bc.ca wrote:
>> >
>> > When running a report in our production system which used to work fine.
>> > The client recieves the ORA-01630: max extents (249) reached in temp
segment
>> > in tablespace TEMP.
>> >
>> > There are many extents and over 500 megs of space left for the system.
>> >
>> > What could possibly be causing my problem.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any advise!
>> >
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>> If you are running cost optimiser, changes in the stats may/will change
>> the access path oracle chooses to get you data..
>>
>> So (for example) your query may have switched from using nested loops
>> (which require negligible temp space) to merge (which requires a
>> bucketload more)...
>>
>> Look at EXPLAIN'ing your query...If it has to run that way, then look at
>> your temp/sort space as other posters have suggested...
>>
>> Cheers
>> Connor
>> --
>> ==========================================
>> Connor McDonald
>> BHP Information Technology
>> Perth, Western Australia
>> "These views mine not BHP..etc etc"
>>
>> "The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad."
Received on Thu Apr 23 1998 - 23:33:47 CDT
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