> Without more info we really can't provide an informed answer.
>
> Oracle's tables are fixed sizes. If you want an 180Mb database table,
> you create it first. Then it gradually fills up as you populate the
> database. It's up to the DBA to specify the size(s) of the table(s)
> first. So, yes Oracle can chew up a lot of space, but only if you tell
> it to. It also cannot grow beyond the boundaries of the pre defined
> table files. (I am not a DBA)
i'm just interested in databases and scripting atm. i've only delt with
awk & sed to make file system related reports in unix scripts, and i was
interested in differences between some of these well known programs
ie. oracle & mysql so i could dabble with them later on.
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