You nailed it - its dictionary managed >>> "Bradd Piontek" <piontekdd@xxxxxxxxx> 6/10/08 12:49 PM >>> One more thing to check. Check the extent management of the tablespace the table is in. recyclebin only works on locally managed tablespaces: select extent_management from dba_tablespaces where tablespace_name = 'WHATEVERYOUUSED"; On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ compatible string 10.2.0 >>> "Bobak, Mark" <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 6/10/08 12:19 PM >>> Show parameter compatible -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Database Administrator, System & Product Technologies ProQuest 789 E. Eisenhower, Parkway, P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 +1.734.997.4059 or +1.800.521.0600 x 4059 mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx ( mailto:mark.bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ) www.proquest.com ( http://www.proquest.com/ ) www.csa.com ( http://www.csa.com/ ) ProQuest...Start here. From:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Beckstrom Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 12:01 PM To: oracle-l-freelists; oracle-db-l Subject: recycle bin not getting populated Upgraded a database to 10.2.0.4 ( http://10.2.0.4/ ) from 9.2.0.8 ( http://9.2.0.8/ ). Trying out some 10g features and notice recyclebin is not working. SQL> SQL> create table jb (f1 number); Table created. SQL> drop table jb; Table dropped. SQL> select * from DBA_recyclebin; no rows selected SQL> Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Scanning of this message and addition of this footer is performed by SurfControl E-mail Filter software in conjunction with virus detection software. -- Bradd Piontek Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/piontekdd Oracle Blog: http://piontekdd.blogspot.com ( http://piontekdd.blogspot.com/ ) Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/in/piontekdd Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/user/piontekdd/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Scanning of this message and addition of this footer is performed by SurfControl E-mail Filter software in conjunction with virus detection software.