It is the result of either of a a. CREATE TABLE AS SELECT b. CREATE INDEX c. ALTER TABLE .. MOVE d. ALTER INDEX ... REBUILDin progress. Each of these operations create a "Temporary" segment. On successful completion, the "Temporary" segment becomes a "Permanent" Table or Index segment (as the case may be).
See http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com/2008/05/temporary-segments-in-dataindex.html for examples.
Hemant K Chitale http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com At 10:26 PM Wednesday, you wrote:
Oracle 10g Redhat linux 32bit I have a mystery object in a data tablespace anyone know what it might be? Its big 149 Gigs! Name 68.9 Type TEMPORARY Bytes 1.4011E+11 -- Howard A. Latham
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