I just checked and code tables are set to 10% while key application tables are set to 30%. I'm pretty sure these aren't going to be changed. I don't think there is any row chaining there. What are you getting at? Don Freeman Database Administrator 1 Bureau of Information Technology Pennsylvania Department of Health 717-783-8095 Ext 337 -----Original Message----- From: Christian Antognini [mailto:Christian.Antognini@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:05 AM To: dofreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Is this Needed? Don > Is this a waste of time? As usually... it depends. IMHO there are three cases: - you waste time - you improve performance - you decrease performance Of course the third one is the real problem! And about it... a simple question: how you will set PCTFREE before inporting the data? Regards, Chris New Features Oracle Database 10g Release 2 seminars @ <http://www.trivadis.com> www.trivadis.com Italiano: Lugano (24-Nov) Français: Genève (17-Nov) Deutsch: Düsseldorf (23-Nov), Zürich (29-Nov), Stuttgart (13-Dec)