We have OARCLE 9ir2 on Redhat LINUX server. database temporary tablespace grow up to 10GB. I tried to sxhrink it and have error message: alter database tempfile '/u/oradata/DECDB/temp01DECDB.dbf' resize 2000m * ERROR at line 1: ORA-03297: file contains used data beyond requested RESIZE value Anyone know how to fix it? Another question is for ORACLE Cold backup do I need backup temporary tablespace? Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l