The table must be a hold over and the documentation department has not been updated with the changes. I show the following OS Oracle BKsize MAX Extents OpenVMS 7.3-2 8.1.7.4 2k 2147483645 RedHat2.1 u3 9.2.0.5.0 8K 2147483645 RedHat2.1 u3 10.1.0.2.0 8k 2147283645 All info displayed using TOAD. All databases created with the dbca for the basic database and the saved scripts. Ron >>> Jacques.Kilchoer@xxxxxxxxx 06/08/2004 2:09:18 PM >>> 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 ----------------- On the other hand it has had some nice howlers in there from time to time. My favourite reason for running oracle on unix is that according to the 9i documentation there is a limit on the number of extents for *the database* of (assuming an 8k block size) 504. http://tinyurl.com/2l5ye refers. Not sure how the data dictionary gets created since I have more than 504 segments owned by sys in my 9.2 database, so I'd have to fit several segments in the same extent not even all segments should fity in 1 extent works :( - Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------