I knew that, but the problem here is that it says the current bytes is 2,212,495,360. The table has an initial extent of 10M. I may have missed one extent as the only difference is the last digit. It seems this has happened to me before since the upgrade to 9.2.0.6. What I would expect is bytes to be roughly 2GB, Truncate table drop storage, and bytes drop to 10M. Guess I'm going to have to run some more tests. Also, it appears it doesn't happen all the time. Hmmm, maybe it's only on partitions. I'll have to watch it closer. Michael Kline Database Administration Outside 804.261.9446 Cell 804.744.1545 3-9446 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Powell, Mark D Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 1:13 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: DBA_SEGMENTS invalid? or slow? The truncate command never releases the initial extent of the table or its associated indexes if any. In the future I have heard Oracle is going to support defining tables and indexes without allocating storage. But at present if the table/index exists it takes at least one extent. HTH -- Mark D Powell -- _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kline.Michael Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:43 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: DBA_SEGMENTS invalid? or slow? When I query dba_segments I get: owner segment_name partition_name segment_type tablespace_name header_file header_block bytes blocks extents initial_extent next_extent min_extents max_extents pct_increase freelists freelist_groups relative_fno buffer_pool REPADMIN T_INSTRU_LDGR T_INSTRU_LDGR_200504 TABLE PARTITION TS_LDGR_M2 71 1289 2212495360 270080 211 10485760 10485760 1 2147483645 0 1 1 71 DEFAULT Yet, when I map the tablespace, there are no extents. We have done a truncate of the partition with a drop storage, and it shows storage. What's up with this? Database is 9.2.0.6 HP-UX. Michael Kline Database Administration SunTrust Banks, Inc. Mail Code TOC-7505 1030 Wilmer Avenue Richmond, Va. 23227 Tel: 804.261.9446 Net: 643.9446 Cell: 804.744.1545 <mailto:michael.kline@xxxxxxxxxxxx> michael.kline@xxxxxxxxxxxx Seeing beyond Money(sm) LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Seeing Beyond Money is a service mark of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL]