OK, I'll bite: If SORT_AREA_SIZE isn't to be set, then what is? Are you referring to the automagic PGA management?
Rich Rich Jesse System/Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA 10:30 AM CST = 5:30 PM CEST. Rats! Now I'll have to wait until tomorrow for an answer... :) > -----Original Message----- > From: Mogens Nørgaard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:45 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Re: guidance > > > Just talked to Jonathan Lewis from Helsinki. He went through > some of the > examples given in the latest issue of Oracle Magazine, and they were > just plain wrong. > > I can't recall them in detail, but I think one of the questions were > which parameter to set in order to let a user do large sorts. > In 9i you > shouldn't set sort_area_size, but that was the correct answer. And so > on, and so forth. > > So the important advise is to do what you think they would > like to hear :). > > Mogens > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >List , I am planning to give my 9i performance tuning exam > on the first . > >Any advice you all want to give me ? Pretty nervous about > it. Sure would > >appreciate your guidance. > >........ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jesse, Rich 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).
