I would highly recommend AUTOALLLOCATE. If you want bigger extents, just use a large INITIAL value (like 100-200MB). On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Schauss, R. Peter (IT Solutions)<peter.schauss@xxxxxxx> wrote: > If I could use the autoallocate option, it would simplify my task > considerably. Is there any disadvantage to doing so? -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l