/* 4030 prog */ int main (int argc, char**argv) { char * buff; int mbCount = 0; while (1) { [code deleted] Sorry. This program will not determine Oracle process heap allocation capability any more accurately than would a 3-legged pink elephant. sorry. The address space of an Oracle process has, um, a few more things in it. On the brighter side of things, you could Open Source this program and get the venture capital folks all excited. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l