SORT_AREA_SIZE+Oracle dedicated servers

Hi Friends,
I am using Oracle 10g server release 2,Today i have gone through the Orcale docs,its written there that
"Oracle does not recommend using the SORT_AREA_SIZE parameter unless the instance is configured with the shared server option. Oracle recommends that you enable automatic sizing of SQL working areas by setting PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET instead. SORT_AREA_SIZE is retained for backward compatibility"
My database is designed in dedicated mode..now how to handle large sorts in that case,as oracle recommends something different
thanx
somy

Oracle document covers nicely the [PGA Memory Management|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14211/memory.htm#PFGRF01401]
Check out [V$PGA_TARGET_ADVICE|http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14211/memory.htm#i49570] for getting an idea about the ideal size of your PGA.
Thanks,
Karthick.

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btThe authorative point for exam topics for 1z0-042 is:
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