Lisa Please excuse the dumb question, but I'll ask just to be safe. Are you trying to create a tablespace with a block size different from your instance's block size? Are you able to create a tablespace with any different size? I also dimly recall something about Windows and block size, but since I don't use Oracle on Windows so I promptly forgot it. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Koivu, Lisa [mailto:Lisa.Koivu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:37 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Tablespace block size limit / Windows Hi everyone,=20 Windows 2003 Server Enterprise Edition, 9204, with disks allocated from 2 Clariion SANs Several of these disks were formatted at 32k and 64k block size. I was under the impression the limitation on tablespace block size came from the os block size. I can't create a tablespace with a block size greater than 16k, it fails. =20 Metalink says this is a limitation of Windows.=20 Anyone run into this, and if so, are there any creative ways around this limit? I can't even open a TAR. It keeps kicking me out. Googling this returns nothing useful. Thanks Lisa Koivu desk: 407-248-4277 cell: 954-683-4459=20 "The sender believes that this E-Mail and any attachments were free of = any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This = message and its attachments could have been infected during = transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the = recipient accepts full responsibility for taking proactive and remedial = action about viruses and other defects. The sender's business entity is = not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message = or its attachments." ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------