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Does 9iR2 release temporary tablespace that is no longer used?

April 26, 2017longer release tablespace Temporary Used

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Does 9iR2 release temporary tablespace that is no longer used?

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EXPERT RESPONSE FROM: Brian Peasland Oracle 9i does not release allocated TEMP segments until you shutdown the database. While the TEMP segment is allocated, it does not mean that it is unavailable for use. When a user requests a disk sort, Oracle will allocate a TEMP segment. Once that sort is done, Oracle releases this TEMP segment for future use, but does not deallocate it. When the next user requests a disk sort, Oracle does not have to allocate a new TEMP segment. It uses the same one that no user is currently using. Oracle manages this for you in 9i. And there is really only one TEMP segment in the TEMP tablespace. Multiple users can utilitize this one segment. There have been problems in 9i where users running a TEMPORARY TEMP tablespace with TEMPFILES that is Locally Managed where Oracle does not release the sort space once it is no longer being used. This is a known bug. The workaround has been to revert back to Dictionary Managed tablespace for TEMP.