in-line PS. I thought of something and checked after my original post: the tablespace where the table resides is ASSM. Maybe that makes a difference. At 09:19 PM 5/24/2004, zhu chao wrote: >Hi, > can you try: > 1. truncate table xxx reuse storage. Makes no difference > 2. use global temporary table if possible. Not possible > 3.place this table into a dedicated small tablespace and do truncate > again. I don't see where that would make any difference and for the application where the problem occurs that wouldn't be a realistic option, but I'll try it just for curiosity. >Regards >Zhu Chao. regards Wolfgang Breitling Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------