On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM, <genegurevich@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Looks like this is an answer. > > > 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 > This is quite interesting, I wasn't previously aware of this issue with recyclebin. This might be playing havoc with my script for determining space in the database, guess it would be a good idea check which is being used - dba_extents or dba_segments. Jared