No, only the original SQL*Loader DIRECT=TRUE does that (adding blocks above HWM), which was introduced with v7.0.x...
Since then, all direct-path (a.k.a. append) operations (including SQL*Loader DIRECT=TRUE PARALLEL=TRUE, parallel CREATE INDEX, parallel CREATE TABLE AS SELECT, and INSERT /*+ APPEND PARALLEL */, etc) have created temporary segments for each parallel execution "slave" process which will be merged into eventual segment. As Anjo commented, it makes for really fast and easy rollback; just let SMON clean up the temporary segments... ...don't know if it's ever really been documented; I did include this description in our books on data warehousing in 1997 and 1999... ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:08 AM > Tim -- that adds new blocks above the HWM? > > I wonder if any command that adds new blocks (vs inserting rows into > existing ones) automatically creates the new blocks as TEMP segments. > Logically it makes sense but I wonder if it's documented anywhere. > > > > --- Tim Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...as does INSERT /*+ APPEND PARALLEL */... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Fink, Dan > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 1:15 PM > > Subject: TEMP segments > > > > > > I just found a new command that creates TEMP segments. It is well > > known that index creations first create the index segments as TEMP > > segments then 'convert' them to index segments upon completion. What > > I just found out (thanks to a failed operation) is that 'CREATE TABLE > > AS SELECT' (ctas) also creates the segments as TEMP first. > > > > Dan Fink > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Rachel Carmichael > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Tim Gorman INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
