I presume it is for those who are not good with division ... dividing by 1000 is much easier than say 1024 ?? Raj On 9/14/05, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 9/14/05, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I'm with you Mladen - I can't stand it when someone creates a "1GB" > datafile > > with a size of 1000MB. Infidels! :-) > > > > Most of us probably don't like the 1000mb = 1gb. > > Since the drive mfgrs use decimal rather than binary, it is sometimes > a necessary evil, such as during capacity planning for storage. > > -- > Jared Still > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist > 11+ years of trying to appear to know what I'm doing. > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- ------------------------------ select standard_disclaimer from company_requirements where category = 'MANDATORY';