Re: Temporary dbspace
Posted in 1996
paul.d.finkel wrote:
>
> I have created a temporary dbspace. It is referenced by the onconfig file
> parameter DBSPACETEMP. It was made larger recently because our reports
> explicitly create temp table using the "WITH NO LOG" option and the temp
> tables created by 2 specific reports can get pretty big.
>
> It is being appropriately employed as I see temp tables being created and
> eventually destroyed. Its size: 67500 2K pages.
>
> At this time it is down to "0" available pages free. How do I determine
> what process is using that space? Where is the overflow(if any) going?
> How do I free that space up for re-use? (Short of bringing down instance?)
> What temporary tables (names) are being created in that dbspace? This would
> lead me to understand which reports are using that space.
>
> Please e-mail and post reply.
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Do unto others ... then split!
> MaryAnne Stasium
And the chain goes on and on and on....
I had the same question not too long ago. Here's the response:
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From: Dianne Pendleton
To: Juan R. Guzman
Cc: dianne.pendleton
Subject: Re: Freeing up temp dbspace
Date: Thursday, March 21, 1996 4:27PM
You cannot free temp space when the session is gone. If the session
was still there you could do an onmode -z and kill it. You have to
bounce it. Isn't it a nice feature? I've had the same problem....
Dianne