Well, you're getting close. The full message looks like this:
ORA-01652, "unable to extend temp segment by %s in tablespace %s" The interesting part of the message appears where the '%s' are. Jared "NGUYEN Philippe (Cetelem)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/06/2003 05:43 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: Partition and primary key Jared, UNABLE TO EXTENT TEMP SEGMENT BY ... -----Message d'origine----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: mercredi 5 février 2003 21:50 À: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Objet: Re: Partition and primary key What is the exact error message, including text? It could be failing on the temp segment initially created in the index tablespace, and not necessarily running out of sort space. Jared "NGUYEN Philippe (Cetelem)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/05/2003 06:52 AM Please respond to ORACLE-L To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Partition and primary key Hi List, We are using Oracle 8.1.7 (64 bits) with Solaris 8 I have a big table with over 300 millions rows (10 Go), We have partinionned this table by range of date. When we try to create a constraint primary key (with dedicated tablespace), we fail each time because the database was unable to extend temp segment. 1/ Instead of enlarging the temp tablespace undefinatly , is it possible to create this constraint for each partition so that it would reduce the amount of temp segment required ? 2/ If not, creating an unique will also be efficient for join ? Thanks in advance! Philippe -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: 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.net -- Author: 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).