This is implemented at the port level. At least up until 8i there was a compile time #define value that established the max I/O transfer size. You could set dfmbrc to any large value you wanted but it was trimmed to fit within this compile time limit. I really doubt it has changed since then. >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon >>>Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:44 PM >>>To: kevin.lidh@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Subject: RE: db_file_multiblock_read_count causing full >>>scans to takelonger? >>> >>>According to the docs, if you set it higher than your OS' >>>max io size, Oracle will automatically scale it down anyway: >>> > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l