Unless you clear aud$ it, I don't think it goes away. That would be a loophole in the audit wouldn't it? Subject: How to Truncate, Delete, or Purge Rows from the Audit Trail Table SYS.AUD$ Doc ID: Note:73408.1 Type: BULLETIN Last Revision Date: 06-OCT-2006 Status: PUBLISHED -T -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lyndon Tiu Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 4:04 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: AUDIT sql command question RE: --------------------------------------------------- AUDIT Purpose Use the AUDIT statement to: Track the occurrence of SQL statements in subsequent user sessions. You can track the occurrence of a specific SQL statement or of all SQL statements authorized by a particular system privilege. Auditing operations on SQL statements apply only to subsequent sessions, not to current sessions. Track operations on a specific schema object. Auditing operations on schema objects apply to current sessions as well as to subsequent sessions. --------------------------------------------------- No where in the docs does it state how far into the past the audit trail keeps a record of what happened to the database object being audited. Does anyone here have an idea? Thanks. -- Lyndon Tiu -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l