There is this bug that I've had, I don't know if it's supposed to be fixed in 10.2.0.3 or not. Check metalink CLOB IN ASSM TABLESPACE DOES NOT FREE SPACE AFTER DELETE _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vamshi Damidi Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 11:08 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Tablespace growing like anything and free blocks not reutilized. Hi All, I have below problem let me first give you some information. Environment : DatawareHouse. Version : 10.2.0.3 Oracle Enterprise all the patches applied. Blocksize : 16k Tablespace : extent management local uniform 100m segment management auto. Disk : Raid 5 of 1tb space with 8 disks. OS : RHEL 5 .Runnning LVM.