<<Set SA and SARS depending on what memory you have available. If you have plenty, I think you can go up to 2048576000.>> If you try to set sort_area_size to something greater than 1GB, you'll need to set hash_area_size first. It doesn't matter what you set it to (within reason), but if you don't set it to something, then when you set sort_area_size, hash_area_size will automatically be set to twice that, and if that means it's over 2GB you'll get an error. --Terry ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------