hi,Thomas Jeff how many rows are there in one bulk operate, just for one = block ,or for n*block ? i had test direct insert insert /*+ append */ into t values(...); the HWM moved; insert /*+ append */ into t values(...); HWM moved but begin for i in 1..1000 loop insert /*+ append */ into t values(...); end loop; end; in this pl/sql code, there is no direct insert ,oracle ignore the= hints Best regards yahoo id: feng_chunpei A new dba from china ---- from the mail----- >List, >Is anyone familiar with how Informatica's bulk mode works? > >We have a situation where I created a 4GB tablespace for a new= and >simple >truncate/load operation from Informatica, around 7 million rows >estimated >to take up 1.5GB. > >Using bulk mode, which appears to be a direct load (in the SQL= cache, >the >INSERT statement has a hint that I've never seen before: = SYS_DL_CURSOR >which >I assume stands for Direct Load), they run out of space in the >tablespace after >about 200K rows have been inserted. > >If I then manually rebuild the table, the 200K rows gets= compressed back >down >to one extent. > >So there's a lot of either empty or preallocated space. = Thinking >somehow >the high-water mark was the culprit, I manually truncated the= table >before >they reran their job. > >Still the same problem. > >If the job runs in 'normal' mode, which is row-by-row= processing, it >runs fine, >although of course, performance is quite poor. > >Any ideas/experience as to how this bulk mode operates? > >Thanks. > > >-------------------------------------------- >Jeffery D Thomas >DBA >Thomson Information Services >Thomson, Inc. > >Email: jeff.thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx > >Indy DBA Master Documentation available at: >http://gkmqp.tce.com/tis_dba >-------------------------------------------- > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------= >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 >----------------------------------------------------------------= - > >. =A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1=A1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------