All, Why am I getting "File exists" error message when I specified REUSE option. Oracle 9.2.0.6, 2 Node RAC Veritas Cluster file system Solaris 9 SQL> alter tablespace temp add tempfile '/u04/oradata/dgtest/temp01.dbf' size 50M REUSE; alter tablespace temp add tempfile '/u04/oradata/dgtest/temp01.dbf' size 50M REUSE * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01119: error in creating database file '/u04/oradata/dgtest/temp01.dbf' ORA-17502: ksfdcre:4 Failed to create file /u04/oradata/dgtest/temp01.dbf ORA-17500: ODM err:ODM ERROR V-41-4-17 File exists If I remove the file using OS command then it works fine. Thanks Sami -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l