A possibility I haven't tested, so I might be speaking out my grocery hole here: Maybe convert to dictionary managed; then for each table, deallocated unused with a keep size to get existing tables squashed down? ------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------