Hi List, This is Oracle EE 10.2.0.5 on Solaris 5.10. From SQL: select FILE_NAME, FILE_ID, TABLESPACE_NAME, BLOCKS, STATUS, AUTOEXTENSIBLE, MAXBLOCKS, INCREMENT_BY, USER_BLOCKS, ONLINE_STATUS from dba_data_files where tablespace_name like 'HUB%'; I see the following: FILE_NAME FILE_ID TABLESPACE_NAME BLOCKS STATUS AUT MAXBLOCKS INCREMENT_BY USER_BLOCKS ONLINE_ ----------------------------------- ---------- --------------- ------------ --------- --- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------- /u01/insta/data/hubaaaa_03.dbf 17 HUBAAAA 3,840,000 AVAILABLE YES 3,840,000 128 3,839,984 ONLINE /u01/insta/data/hubaaaa_02.dbf 16 HUBAAAA 3,840,000 AVAILABLE YES 3,840,000 128 3,839,984 ONLINE /u01/insta/data/hubaaaa_01.dbf 10 HUBAAAA 3,840,000 AVAILABLE YES 2,560,000 1280 3,839,984 ONLINE /u01/insta/data/hubaaaaindx_01.dbf 2 HUBAAAAINDX 1,190,400 AVAILABLE YES 2,560,000 1280 1,190,392 ONLINE Am I missing something? Shouldn't MAXBLOCKS be larger than BLOCKS (and USERBLOCKS) for FILE_NAME /u01/insta/data/hubaaaa_01.dbf (FILE_ID 10)? Anyone seen anything like this? Thanks, Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l