> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> however, if no datafile has ever been put into autoextend mode, the
> table sys.filext$ will not exist
I don't have any database example to check, however I seem to remember that sys.filext$ would "automagically" appear when you upgraded a 7.3 database from a version that didn't allow autoextend datafiles to a version that did allow autoextend datafiles.
