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Oracle Storage Properties Dialog

Open the Oracle Storage Properties Dialog when you click on the Storage Properties button in various property editors. Use the Oracle Storage Properties Dialog to assign various storage properties for an Oracle tablespace.

The following describes the options for the Oracle Storage Properties Dialog:

TABLESPACE

A drop-down list box where you can select a tablespace from the current model to which you assign storage properties. If you need to edit the properties of a tablespace you select, click the button to open the Oracle Tablespace Editor.

Extents

Enter values for the following options for Extents:

INITIAL

Specifies in bytes the size of the object's first extent.

NEXT

Specifies in bytes the size of the next extent to allocate to the object.

PCTINCREASE

Specifies the percent by which the third and subsequent extents grow over the preceding extent.

MINEXTENTS

Specifies the total number of extents to allocate when the object is created.

Maxextents

When you select this option, select one of the following options for Maxextents:

UNLIMITED

VALUE

If you select this option, enter a value in the text box.

Space Usage

Enter values for the following options for Space Usage:

PCTFREE

Specify the limit Oracle should use to determine when additional rows can be added. The value of this parameter is expressed as a whole number and interpreted as a percentage.

PCTUSED

Specify the space to be reserved for each data block for future expansion. The value of this parameter is expressed as a whole number and interpreted as a percentage. This option appears only when you are in the Oracle Table Editor or the Oracle Materialized Views Editor.

Buffer Pool

Select this check box if you want to specify a default buffer pool. When you select this option, select one of the following options for Buffer Pool:

KEEP

Puts blocks from the segment into the KEEP buffer pool.

RECYCLE

Puts blocks from the segment into the RECYCLE buffer pool.

DEFAULT

Specifies DEFAULT to indicate the default buffer pool.

Number Transactions

Enter the value for the following option for Number Transactions:

INITRANS

Specify the initial number of concurrent update transactions allocated for data blocks.

Freelists

Enter values for the following options for Freelists:

FREELISTS

For objects other than tablespaces, specify the number of free lists for each of the free list groups for the table, partition, cluster, or index.

FREE GROUPS

Specifies the number of groups of free lists for the database object you are creating.

Redo Log

When you select this option, select one of the following options for Redo Log:

LOGGING

NO LOGGING