create tablespace junk datafile size 2G; create table junk tablespace junk as select * from dba_objects union all select * from dba_objects union all select * from dba_objects union all select * from dba_objects union all select * from dba_objects union all select * from dba_objects union all select * from dba_objects; alter table junk nologging; insert /*+ append */ into junk value (select * from junk); commit; insert /*+ append */ into junk value (select * from junk); commit; insert /*+ append */ into junk value (select * from junk); commit; insert /*+ append */ into junk value (select * from junk); commit; insert /*+ append */ into junk value (select * from junk); commit; insert /*+ append */ into junk value (select * from junk); commit; insert /*+ append */ into junk value (select * from junk); commit; insert /*+ append */ into junk value (select * from junk); commit; select bytes/1024/1024 from dba_segments where owner ='SYS' and segment_name='JUNK'; exit