Yes. When you enable automatic undo management you leave all of that to the database engine. _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Beckstrom Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:41 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-db-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracledba@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-rdbms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: question regarding automatic undo Two identical databases. database 1 has 10 undo online and 2 offline database 2 has 10 undo online and 23 offline Why does the second have more offline undo segments. Does Oracle automatically create them if needed and when no longer needed offline it?? Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113