For playing around i would do this Create my own tablespace create tablespace x datafile 'X01.

DBF' size 10m; create table x(A number,b varchar2(10)) tablespace x; insert into x values(1,'SRIVENU'); Now i can see srivenu in the file. This means i can edit a few characters here or there that is in that block. if you are using windows, it will not allow you to open the file with another program like word. so make a copy of the file. (Just make sure that the data is flushed to the disk before you open or copy the file using this alter tablespace x offline alter tablespace x online) regards srivenu