Yea, But if I do that, Oracle just gonna continues writing the second file automatically? On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Toon Koppelaars <toon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But the question is how can I prevent the first file from growing? Should I >> do anything at all or Oracle automatically continues writing on the new file >> and abandon the first file (as it doesn't write anything there anymore)? >> > > You need to set the AUTOEXTEND property of that datafile to OFF. Here's a > url that describes that. > > > http://hnawri.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/alter-datafile-from-autoextend-on-to-off/ > > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Amir Gheibi <gheibia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi Listers, >> I have a 10gR2 database running on a HP-UX (HP Unix B.11.11 U 9000/800 >> 1801480297). The server's file system allows only files with the maximum >> size of 2G. My biggest tablespace has one file and right now is about 800 MB >> in size. >> I thought one way to do this is to add a new file to the tablespace. But >> the question is how can I prevent the first file from growing? Should I do >> anything at all or Oracle automatically continues writing on the new file >> and abandon the first file (as it doesn't write anything there anymore)? >> >> Cheers, >> Amir Gheibi >> > > > > -- > Toon Koppelaars > RuleGen BV > +31-615907269 > Toon.Koppelaars@xxxxxxxxxxx > www.RuleGen.com > TheHelsinkiDeclaration.blogspot.com > > (co)Author: "Applied Mathematics for Database Professionals" > www.RuleGen.com/pls/apex/f?p=14265:13 > >