Ahbaid, Please see earlier threads on this list. //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2006/msg00166.html //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/09-2006/msg00055.html HTH Mayen Shah "Ahbaid Gaffoor" <ahbaid@xxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Feb 14 2008 10:38 AM Please respond to ahbaid@xxxxxxx To "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject Intentional Corruption Is there a way to intentionally introduce block level corruption? I'd like to play with some scenarios to learn more about DBMS_REPAIR thanks Ahbaid -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l