>>>in pulling the neck cord on the talking doll with the >>>pre-selected recording: "Multiple block sizes are not intended for >>>performance.") ...don't tell anyone who has done an audited Oracle TPC-C that :-) I have seen multiple blocks put to very good use at production sites as well, but those sites shared the extremely rare similarity to TPC-C. Extremely random, highly modified small rows belong in the smallest block possible and in a recy pool at that. Like I say, sometimes man bites dog :-) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l