Hi, What does the statistic_name='space used' column in v$segment_statistics show? I get results i don't understand at all, e.g. SQL> select owner, object_name, statistic_name, value from v$segment_statistics where owner='SYS' and object_name='WRI$_OPTSTAT_HISTGRM_HISTORY' and statistic_name='space used'; OWNER OBJECT_NAME STATISTIC_NAME VALUE ---------- ------------------------------ --------------- ------------------ SYS WRI$_OPTSTAT_HISTGRM_HISTORY space used -554110 Yes, that is a negative value. I expected beforehand that space_used would be something like bytes in memory or something like that. Does anyone know what it actually is? Baziel