Les: Forgot to mention.That note is very old, written based on Oracle 8. As Mark pointed in the ealier message, 2 ITLs created/block from oracle 9 onwards. On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:05:00 +0530, K Gopalakrishnan <kaygopal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Les: > > I think you are totally confused here. ITLs work at block level. Not > at segment level. Just for your understanding about ITLs and > Datablocks /transactions have a look at this note. > http://www.revealnet.com/newsletter/Transaction%20Management.htm > > > -- -- Best Regards, K Gopalakrishnan Co-Author: Oracle Wait Interface, Oracle Press 2004 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/007222729X/ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l