Well... Again - "sort of". Temporary segments for "normal" stuff (e.g. SQL "order by", joins, etc.) will occur in USER_TEMP. Sorts for segment operations, parallel index builds and the like, may occur elsewhere.
-Don Granaman (OraSaurus - Honk if you remember OPS ;-) ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 1:18 PM "temporary > Don; > Thanks very much for your reply. All very understandable. However, let me > ask a direct question; does this mean that, given a user having been > explicitly assigned a temporary tablespace (ie. USER_TEMP), that all of that > user's sorts and temporary segments will occur in the assigned (USER_TEMP) > tablespace and nowhere else. > > Thanks again. > > Michael L. Petrus > GE Auto Warranty Services > 7125 W. Jefferson Av. #200 > Lakewood, CO 80235 > > Database Administrator > > Phone: (303) 987 4129 > Fax: (303) 987 4298 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 1:40 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > "temporary" ta > > > Not exactly... > > "TEMP" is an arbitrary (but logical, recommended, and OFA compliant) > name for a tablespace. It could just as well be named "GEORGE" for > all that $ORACLE_HOME/bin/oracle or any of its kin care. > > "TEMPORARY_TABLESPACE" is an attribute of a user. (i.e. select > TEMPORARY_TABLESPACE from ALL_USERS;" or from SYS.DBA_USERS). All > users (including SYS and SYSTEM) are either implicitly or explicitly > assigned a temporary tablespace. Unfortunately, it defaults to the > worst possible choice -SYSTEM! Typically, users are explicitly > assigned TEMP as their temporary tablespace. ["Oracle" (AKA: sys) > doesn't usually do much that requires a lot of temporary space.] > > The vast majority of Oracle databases have only one such tablespace, > but (logically) partitioning users among multiple such tablespaces > (TEMP01, TEMP02, ...) is sometimes advisable. Making TEMP (and its > ilk) truly "TEMPORARY" (as opposed to PERMANENT) is always advisable. > > -Don Granaman > (OraSaurus - Honk if you remember OPS ;-) > > ----- Original Message ----- > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 5:15 PM > "temporary" ta > > > > Environment: > > Oracle v8.1.7 > > Sun / Solaris > > > ====================================================================== > ====== > > ================ > > Can someone explain what activities occur in Oracle's "TEMP" > tablespace as > > opposed to what occurs in a user's assigned "TEMPORARY" tablespace? > > > > It is my assumption that Oracle's "TEMP" tablespace is the area used > by > > Oracle for it's processes to sort in. > > > > It is also my assumption that the user specific "TEMPORARY" > tablespace is > > used to hold temporary segments that are created when the user > builds an > > index or creates a table, etc.. > > > > If I am off base please set me straight. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Michael L. Petrus > > GE Auto Warranty Services > > 7125 W. Jefferson Av. #200 > > Lakewood, CO 80235 > > > > Database Administrator > > > > Phone: (303) 987 4129 > > Fax: (303) 987 4298 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Don Granaman > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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