Thanx Jonathan, Anjo and Jesper! I have an additional question. I'm referring to the article by Arup: http://www.dbazine.com/nanda3.html In that he explains the way to identify the first "Data Block" in the file by dumping the "Header Block". These are the steps he lists: 1. Find the Header Block using the query "SELECT Header_File, Header Block FROM Dba_Segments WHERE ....." 2. Dump the Header Block 3. Find the section similar to the following: Extent Control Header ----------------------------------------------------------------- Extent Header:: spare1: 0 spare2: 0 #extents: 1 #blocks: 10 4. Find the real no. of blocks for the segment from DBA_SEGMENTS via "SELECT Blocks FROM Dba_Segments WHERE ..... " 5. Subtract the value of #blocks (Step 3) from the value obtained via Step 4 6. Step 5 gives the no. of Header Blocks. In my case, the result of Step 3 and Step 4 is the same. How do I find out the no. of Header Blocks? 9.2.0.3 On Solaris (The tablespace in question is LMT with Uniform Extents, Segment Space Management = Auto) Regards Naveen ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------