Joe posted: > I am running 11.2.0.2 on RH 5 without any special settings/configs. Oracle > seems to be pretty unhappy when an individual file gets over 32gb. > > alter database datafile '/u02/oradata/joedb/being_silly_01.dbf' resize > 33056m > ORA-1144 signalled during: alter database datafile '/u02/oradata/ > joedb/being_silly_01.dbf' resize 33056m... Something about "cannot remember the past" and "condemned" come to mind: //www.freelists.org/post/oracle-l/2GB-or-not-2GB-datafile-limit-That-is-the-question My 8K blocksize tablespaces have datafile sizes limited to 31GB in 11.2.0.3. That should still get me as many 100s of TB as I'll need for the foreseeable future. :) Rich Disclaimer: I'm probably still somehow condemned, though... -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l