Robyn, As far as I was concerned, it became standard practice back in version 6 or 7. I *never* liked the pctincrease parameter - it never made any sense to me. But I would guess that it generally became accepted sometime around when the paper was published. It was a basic grass-roots-ground-swell type of deal that the paper finally formally published, and Oracle agreed to after the fact. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -----Original Message----- From: Robyn [mailto:robyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 11:02 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Stop defragmenting and start ... Hello, Can someone tell me when uniform extent sizing became a recommended practice? The 'Stop defragmenting and Start Living' paper has a copyright date of 1998, and I remember implementing it on some databases back in 1999, but I was wondering if it there were earlier references to this approach. Robyn ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------