That is correct. You have to query the v$sort_usage view to determine how much each user is really using. Pat -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:11 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: temporary space usage Let me rephrase it then... If the TEMP TS is shown as 100% used in the temp_space_header table it does not necessarily mean that it is full because the existing segments can be reused by other processes. IS that correct statement? thank you Gene Gurevich Oracle MySQL Operations - OMO 224-405-4079 "Alexander Fatkulin" <afatkulin@gmail. To com> genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cc 06/13/2007 01:00 oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx PM Subject Re: temporary space usage No, the additional segments are allocated as needed. it can be but it don't have to be. On 6/13/07, genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So that means that the TEMP tablespace will always be at 100% usage, > correct? > > > thank you > > Gene Gurevich > > > > > "Alexander > Fatkulin" > <afatkulin@gmail. To > com> genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cc > 06/13/2007 11:45 oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > AM Subject > Re: temporary space usage > > > > > > > > > > > The segments will be reused by the another processes as needed. Oracle > keeps them so it doesn't need to create them again each time someone > wants it. > > On 6/13/07, genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Does the bottom query indicates that the TEMP TS is used by some > temporary > > segments, which will be reused by any process that needs TEMP ts and > > therefore is misleading? Or is there > another > > explanation? > > > > thank you > > > > Gene Gurevich > > > > -- > Alexander Fatkulin > > > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Alexander Fatkulin -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY NOTICE Information transmitted by this email is proprietary to Medtronic and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is private, privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please delete this mail from your records. To view this notice in other languages you can either select the following link or manually copy and paste the link into the address bar of a web browser: http://emaildisclaimer.medtronic.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l