Ah, yes, that was it. It has been so long since seeing limits on extents that I had forgotten about it. Jared "Jacques Kilchoer" <Jacques.Kilchoer@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/08/2004 11:09 AM Please respond to oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject RE: Oracle 9.2 changes in INIT Weren't those numbers the maximum number of extents for a segment in 7.1 (before unlimited extents)? Table 7-6 Maximum Number of Extents for Each Database Typical Block Sizes Number of Extents 2 KB 121 4 KB 255 8 KB 504 16 KB 1032 32 KB 2070 Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx Niall, You obviously missed a cue when planning your database. It should have been created with a 32k blocksize, allowing 2070 extents in your database. ;) Seriously though, I don't understand the purpose of table 7-6 at all. Was this doc written April 1st? Jared