The database will try to drop objects first, then extend. This causes problems with triggers - see note 742698.1 and bug 16725282. While the documents refer to login triggers, I got confirmation from Oracle that this can actually be caused by any trigger. PaulH From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chitale, Hemant K Sent: 20 February 2014 03:38 To: Maris Elsins Cc: ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Purge RECYCLEBIN by *age* OK, let me admit : It is been my suspicion that Oracle may choose to auto-extend a datafile rather than purge the recyclebin. Guess this needs to be tested. Hemant K Chitale