1. From Oracle(r) Database PL/SQL Packages and Types Reference.10g Release 2 (10.2).Part Number B14258-01 FIX_CORRUPT_BLOCKS Procedure Marks blocks *software* corrupt that have been previously detected as corrupt by CHECK_OBJECT 2. From the Note:139425.1 You can usually ignore "Block found already corrupt" messages, because these are reporting a *soft* corruption in unused blocks. Fyrirvari/Disclaimer http://www.landsbanki.is/disclaimer -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l