I am trying to do the following and I cant get it to take(I would prefer not to use dynamic sql and write my create tablespace scripts to a second file). Prompt Please enter a datafile path Accept cPath create tablespace myTablespace datafile '&cPath ||mytablespace.dbf' size 5m; I've tried lots of methods including bind variables and appending before the create tablespace statement. Any way to do this? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------