Maybe not a "need". If your database is a big one, there might be some practical administration value in busting things up into smaller chunks. While it is possible to have all your data in a 5 terabyte tablespace, I don't think it is considered to be a best practice. >-----Original Message----- >Since the tablespaces are locally managed, is there a need to separate >the tables and indexes anymore? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l