The quota on a tablespace isn't being set incorrectly via SQL

Question

So I'm using QTODBC and I run a script to create a user, set the quota, etc. But when running the following syntax, the quota doesn't seem to be set correctly when the user is created.
create user DATABASE
identified by password
default tablespace DATABASE_DATA
QUOTA 1500M ON DATABASE_DATA
QUOTA 1000M ON DATABASE_DATA_NEW
QUOTA 1000M ON DATABASE_DATA_TS
temporary tablespace TEMP
GO
grant create session to DATABASE_DATA
GO
grant create table to DATABASE_DATA
So the QUOTA for Tablespace DATABASE_DATA, when I edit the user, shows as 1,000,000 K, NOT 1,500 Megs, or let alone 1,500,000 K. I've tried several different syntaxs, but they don't seem to work. I even set the QUOTA to UNLIMITED for all tablespaces, and they default to 1,000,000 K. Is there some setting, or something wrong w/ my syntax that's keepeing me from setting the QUOTA to 1,500 Megs? Any help is appreciated.
Edited by: user9324939 on Jul 7, 2010 7:07 PM

Answer 1

user9324939 wrote:
Well, the Syntax portion for the Grants I'm not worried about. Those work just fine for me anyways. It's the QUOTA portion of the script that's not working, and from my investigation it seems the syntax is correct for that portion. BUT, the memory amount that I'm defining to be allocated for the tablespaces doesn't seem to be working, as it won't allocate the 1,500 megs I'm telling it too. Anyone know why this is?Maybe you are comparing apples with oranges.
If you set a quota for a user it means this user is only allowed to alloacte that much space on the tablespace. So this is the MAXIMUM a user can get.
It does not mean that he gets this amount immediatly. The database is clever enough to allocate only so much as is currently needed (or as the minimum defined for the tablespace is).
For a real test try to create a table and fill it with values. So that that the table needs more space then the quota for the user is. Set a low quota to keep the test small. ;)