On 12/6/07, Taylor, Chris David <Chris.Taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well phooey. I guess I should have double checked that before replying. scatter/gather terminology is a common source of confusion. A couple of links that may help clear it up: http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Scatter_002dGather.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectored_I/O -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
