A good value to start is to figure out the growth ratio of your table: 100* (1 - avg_row_len(newborn row) / avg_row_len(grown-up row) ) e.g. if a row is about twice as big when it has been fully updated that when it was new, then you get 100*(1 - 0.5) = 50 Quoting David Sharples <dsharples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: -- regards Wolfgang Breitling Oracle 7,8,8i,9i OCP DBA Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------