On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:11 PM, <Sharon.Kovac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I've been remiss in deleting old objects from my recycle bin. At this > point I have over 2GB of objects in the recycle bin. I did > 'purgedba_recyclebin' > as sysadmin and now the recycle bin is empty. However, when I look at the > space, I don't see that I got 2GB back. I know when I delete > How are you viewing the space? If your looking at dba_free_space then that is a view which factors in space within the recyclebin. Take a look at the source behind the dba_free_space view and you can see what its doing behind the scenes. L8r