Stalin > Yes, regular coalesce after rebuild would solve the problem, but is > there a permanent solution for these ever growing index other than > regular coalesce. The only option I see is to use a reversed index. If I correctly understand what your application is doing it could lead to a very nice reutilization of the space in the leaf blocks. But, of course, range scans on the index will no more be available. HTH Chris -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l