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Guidelines for Overriding Oracle Default Table Spaces for Database Objects

This topic is part of Configuring an Oracle Database for Siebel Applications.

Siebel Business Applications provide the option of overriding the default storage parameters for the table spaces in which specific tables or indexes are created. You created these table spaces using the instructions under Guidelines for Creating Oracle Table Spaces. To override these parameters, edit the ddl.ctl file located in the DBSRVR_ROOT\oracle directory.

NOTE:  The ddl.ctl file must not be modified except by a qualified DBA.

For each Siebel object (table or index), you can specify a table space by using the Table Space parameter. In the following example, the table space for the table S_APP_VIEW is set to DATA1. As provided by the Siebel application, the .ctl file does not set storage parameters for the objects it creates, so that they default to the parameters of the table spaces in which they are created. However, the Table Space parameter only works under the following conditions:

• The table does not yet exist (for example, when you are performing a new database installation).
• The table needs to be rebuilt. In other words, there are schema changes made to the table such that an ALTER TABLE command is not sufficient to implement the schema changes, requiring that the Siebel application drop and re-create the table.

The following example illustrates the use of the Table Space parameter to set storage values for specific tables.

[Object 219]
Type = Table
Name = S_APP_VIEW
Column 1 = ROW_ID VARCHAR(15) NOTNULL
Column 2 = CREATED TIMESTAMP NOTNULL DEFAULT %NOW%
Column 3 = CREATED_BY VARCHAR(15) NOTNULL
Column 4 = LAST UPD TIMESTAMP NOTNULL DEFAULT %NOW%
Column 5 = LAST_UPD_BY VARCHAR(15) NOTNULL
Column 6 = DCKING_NUM NUMERIC(22,7) DEFAULT 0
Column 7 = MODIFICATION_NUM NUMERIC(10,0) NOTNULL DEFAULT 0
Column 8 = CONFLICT_ID VARCHAR(15) NOTNULL DEFAULT '0'
Column 9 = NAME VARCHAR(50) NOTNULL
Column 10 = DESC_TEXT VARCHAR(255)
Column 11 = LOCAL_ACCESS_FLG CHAR(1)
Table Space = data1

If you use locally managed table spaces and want to change the storage parameters, see your Oracle Database technical documentation.

For an example (DB2 UDB) of overriding the defaults for specific tables and indexes, see Guidelines for Overriding DB2 UDB Default Table Spaces for Database Objects.