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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

Autoextend_Clause

Synopsis

AUTOEXTEND 
{OFF 
| ON [NEXT integer [K | M]] [MAXSIZE {integer [K | M] | UNLIMITED}]
}

Specifies whether or not files will be permitted to grow in size. When files are allowed to grow in size, this clause also specifies the growth parameters.

Keywords

OFF

Specifies that the autoextend feature should not be enabled and that the file will not be permitted to grow in size.

ON

Specifies that when the file becomes full and additional space is requested, the file will be extended in size by the amount specified by the NEXT parameter, up to the limit specified by the MAXSIZE parameter.

NEXT

Specifies the amount of space in bytes, kilobytes (K), or megabytes (M) that will be added to the file when growth occurs.

MAXSIZE

Specifies the maximum size in bytes, kilobytes (K), or megabytes (M) for the file. The autoextend feature does not extend the file beyond this size.

UNLIMITED

Specifies that the file is permitted to grow up to the capacity of the physical disk or the maximum size permitted by the operating system, whichever is less.

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