Re: tempspace usage

  • From: Greg Norris <spikey.mcmarbles@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ORACLE-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:43:03 -0500

Yes.  The usage information is coming from v$sort_usage, and is NOT
the raw tempspace allocation for the instance.

On 4/19/05, Hollis, Les <Les.Hollis@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Are you sure that the transactions are still holding the space?
>=20
> Temp tablespace segments do NOT de-allocate when a session quits using
> it.  It will remain allocated so the next user to need temp space does
> not have to go through the space allocation......
>=20
> PMON will de-allocate the segments on the next instance startup.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Norris
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:55 PM
> To: ORACLE-L
> Subject: tempspace usage
>=20
> Is there a way to determine (or trace) which individual statements are
> causing tempspace to be allocated to a session?  I've got a databases
> where half a dozen sessions seem to gradually allocate more and more
> tempspace (as measured by v$sort_usage), and then never release it.=3D20
> Eventually they acquire almost all of the available space, which of
> course causes a flurry of ORA-1652 errors from other sessions.
>=20
> At the moment, I'm examining a trace from one of these sessions.  So
> far, I don't see anything which could cause this behaviour... a few
> inserts, some relatively simple selects, nothing particularly complex.
>  Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this sort of issue?
>=20
> The DB in question is Oracle 8.1.7.4.0 (32-bit), running on Solaris 8.
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>=20
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