There are those things that you "have to" do and then there are those = things you "HAVE TO" do. This one lands in the latter pile. That is, = unless you want to "pay the piper later". Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Richard Foote [mailto:richard.foote@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 9:47 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: AutoExtend / Locally Managed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Goulet, Dick" <DGoulet@xxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: RE: AutoExtend / Locally Managed You can have autoextend on, but you've got to tell Oracle how much & by = =3D how much. Hi Dick, No, you don't "have to" tell Oracle. You "should" tell Oracle but if = not, Oracle will happily keep extending one block at a time until nada is = left. Cheers Richard ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------