No. Just drop it and re-create it as temp, using the same set of datafiles. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dba1 mcc Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 2:56 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: can regular tablespace convert to temporary tablespace??? I by mistake create a "temporary" tablespace as a "regular" tablespace (10GR2). is it possible I can convert "regular" tablespace to "temporary" tablespace? thanks. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l