Greetings OS- AIX 5.2.0.0 Oracle: Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.5.0 - 64bit Production PL/SQL Release 9.2.0.5.0 - Production CORE 9.2.0.6.0 Production TNS for IBM/AIX RISC System/6000: Version 9.2.0.5.0 - Production NLSRTL Version 9.2.0.5.0 - Production One Partitioned Table, SqlLoader Direct Load is putting only 2 rows/block, not sure whats happening? Tablespace Details, LMTS Unfoirm sized, 100Mb Name Type Extent Man Size_M Used_M Used % LARGEST --------- --------- ---------- --------------- ------------- ------- ---------- WETBS PERMANENT LOCAL 3,072.000 3072.000 100.00 TABLE_NAME NUM_ROWS BLOCKS EMPTY_BLOCKS AVG_SPACE AVG_ROW_LEN NUM_FREELIST_BLOCKS PAR ------------------------------ ---------- ---------- ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------------- --- ST_BDMS_VOL_EXTRACT 775255 384000 0 0 150 0 YES select 775255/384000 from dual; 775255/384000 ------------- 2.01889323 3 GB gone for 775, 255 rows, Dropped and re-created the table with just one partition and loaded the data, same issue. Regards & Thanks BN -- Regards & Thanks BN