Looks like this is an answer. Here is my initial test SQL> select sum(bytes/1024)/1024 from dba_segments where tablespace_name = 'PCM_D_01'; SUM(BYTES/1024)/1024 -------------------- 696300 SQL> select sum(bytes/1024)/1024 from dba_extents where tablespace_name = 'PCM_D_01'; SUM(BYTES/1024)/1024 -------------------- 536900 Now I exclude the recyclebin objects SQL> select sum(bytes/1024)/1024 from dba_segments where tablespace_name = 'PCM_D_01' and segment_name not like 'BIN$%'; SUM(BYTES/1024)/1024 -------------------- 536900 SQL> ch /segments/extents/g 1* select sum(bytes/1024)/1024 from dba_extents where tablespace_name = 'PCM_D_01' and segment_name not like 'BIN$%' SQL> / SUM(BYTES/1024)/1024 -------------------- 536900 thank you very much for your help. Also thanks to everyone who responded to my Emails - Mark, Tim, Jared, Ajay (hope I did not miss anyone) Gene Gurevich Asif Momen <asif_oracle@yaho o.com> To oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, 03/12/2009 06:35 genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx AM cc hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jkstill@xxxxxxxxx, tim@xxxxxxxxx, Please respond to ajaycajay@xxxxxxxxx asif_oracle@yahoo Subject .com Re: dba_extents vs dba_segments Hi Gene, Well, the discrepancy between the views is due to Oracle 10g's new feature of Recyclebin. Some time back, I have blogged on this issue, you may read it here: http://momendba.blogspot.com/2007/12/inconsistency-between-dbadatafiles.html Lets reproduce the same: SQL> conn / as sysdba Connected. SQL> select sum(bytes)/1024/1024 from dba_segments where tablespace_name = 'TEST'; SUM(BYTES)/1024/1024 -------------------- 31.1875 1 row selected. SQL> select sum(bytes)/1024/1024 from dba_extents where tablespace_name = 'TEST'; SUM(BYTES)/1024/1024 -------------------- 31.1875 1 row selected. Currently, DBA_SEGMENTS & DBA_EXTENTS report the same amount of usage "31.1875" I connect to a TEST schema and create a table and later drop it: SQL> conn test/test Connected. SQL> create table big_table as select * from all_objects; Table created. SQL> insert into big_table select * from big_table; 32617 rows created. SQL> insert into big_table select * from big_table; 65234 rows created. SQL> commit; Commit complete. SQL> drop table big_table; Table dropped. Connect as SYS (well, you may also query using USER_*) and run the previous queries again: SQL> conn / as sysdba Connected. SQL> select sum(bytes)/1024/1024 from dba_segments where tablespace_name = 'TEST'; SUM(BYTES)/1024/1024 -------------------- 46.1875 1 row selected. SQL> select sum(bytes)/1024/1024 from dba_extents where tablespace_name = 'TEST'; SUM(BYTES)/1024/1024 -------------------- 31.1875 1 row selected. Voila, DBA_SEGMENTS reports a higher space usage. Ok, connect as TEST and check whats there in your recyclebin: SQL> conn test/test Connected. SQL> show recyclebin ORIGINAL NAME RECYCLEBIN NAME OBJECT TYPE DROP TIME ---------------- ------------------------------ ------------ ------------------- BIG_TABLE BIN$+Ml+aeo2R8eXlKWaSyTBvw==$0 TABLE 2009-03-12:14:18:03 SQL> purge recyclebin; Recyclebin purged. SQL> show recyclebin SQL> Hmm, Oracle has moved the dropped table into user's recyclebin. We can throw it out using the PURGE command. Check the space usage again: SQL> conn /as sysdba Connected. SQL> select sum(bytes)/1024/1024 from dba_segments where tablespace_name = 'TEST'; SUM(BYTES)/1024/1024 -------------------- 31.1875 1 row selected. SQL> select sum(bytes)/1024/1024 from dba_extents where tablespace_name = 'TEST'; SUM(BYTES)/1024/1024 -------------------- 31.1875 1 row selected. SQL> Yep, the space reported is correct. :) Wondering, Oracle Support took a week and hasn't replied yet. Regards Asif Momen http://momendba.blogspot.com --- On Wed, 3/11/09, genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx <genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx <genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: dba_extents vs dba_segments To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: hkchital@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, jkstill@xxxxxxxxx, tim@xxxxxxxxx, ajaycajay@xxxxxxxxx Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 1:28 PM Hi everybody: Thank you for your responses. I will take a look at the documents that you referred me to. I was under impression that others have surely stumbled upon this and therefore decided not to put any examples into my Email. However, here is what I see: SQL> select sum(bytes/1024)/1024 from dba_Segments where tablespace_name= 'PCM_D_01'; SUM(BYTES/1024)/1024 -------------------- 696300 SQL> ch /Segments/extents 1* select sum(bytes/1024)/1024 from dba_extents where tablespace_name= 'PCM_D_01' SQL> / SUM(BYTES/1024)/1024 -------------------- 471100 As you see the difference is quite significant and the only change in my SQL was going from dba_segments to dba_extents. The tablespace is a LMTS with uniform extens. The max number of extents in a single segment is 441. thank you Gene Gurevich Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Please consider the environment before printing this email. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l