again sorry for the typo :) I am curious to know the advantages of using FREELIST GROUPS, why we = need to group the freelists? and how the freelist group can improve the performance.. Thanks so much regards, Sinardy PS: I love Microsoft because the F7 :) -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sinardy Xing Sent: 30 September 2004 17:33 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Tuning question: FREELIST GROUPS Hi all, Why we need FREELIST GROUPS? What are the differents (in terms of advantages) between CREATE TABLE mytable (col CHAR(1)) STORAGE (FREELISTS 2); and CREATE TABLE mytable (col CHAR(1)) STORAGE (FREELISTS 4 FREELIST GROUPS = =3D 2); regards, Sinardy -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sinardy Xing Sent: 30 September 2004 17:29 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Tuning question: FREELIST GROUPS Hi all, Why we need FREELIST GROUPS? What are the differents (in terms of advantages) between CREATE TABLE mytable STORAGE (FREELISTS 2); and CREATE TABLE mytable STORAGE (FREELISTS 4 FREELIST GROUPS 2); regards Sinardy -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l