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- From: andy@homebase.vistachrome.com (Andy Finkenstadt)
- Subject: Re: Thanks for the solution : ) to "extent allocation?" & "Help! Oracle problem or my problem?"!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.165923.21409@homebase.vistachrome.com>
- Reply-To: andy@homebase.vistachrome.com
- Organization: Vista-Chrome Incorporated
- References: <1992Nov2.191506.23604@gdstech.grumman.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:59:23 GMT
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- un@gdstech.grumman.com (Un Fu) writes:
- >As Scott and Andy stated to me, Oracle first looks for exact fit, then best
- >fit, and then coalesce of smaller, CONTIGUOUS, extents when it allocates
- >extents for object creation. The DUMMY table creation above will force
- >the coalesce of smaller, contiguous, extents into one large extent.
-
- Well, I was wrong about the Exact-fit first. For some reason I was thinking
- that Oracle did this, but a guy from Oracle (can't remember his name)
- corrected us. It's possible that I was reading an outdated manual or
- bulletin or something.
-
- -Andy
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