On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:12:22 +0800, Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > While running a large CREATE INDEX using a Tablespace Temporary which is > Dictionary Managed, <snip sql> > At this stage, it is still creating the Temporary Segment. Why does it have > to update ALL the columns of SEG$ > for each Extent being allocated ? No wonder that DMS Temporary Tablespaces > are called "slow". I don't believe that it is *creating* the temporary segment, I believe that it is *allocating* extents for use during the sort. (it could of course be allocating extents to the index itself - one would need to see the values of the binds). That is my understanding of the *temp* usage during this operation is 1. create temp segment (at min size) 2. use temp segment as required to sort data - this may involve new extent creation/allocation 3. mark extents reusable after use. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l