Total conjecture here. Any chance you're using 10g? It has a "rename tablespace" command which might allow you to use transportable tablespace export/import... Has anyone tried anything like this for a table clone operation? If so, how did it compare to other methods? Steven On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:36:40 +0530, VIVEK_SHARMA <VIVEK_SHARMA@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Will Arhive Redo Log be generated by the INSERT /*+ APPEND */ Command if = > the Target Table has been PRE-Created with NOLOGGING? > > Any possibility of giving Hint for NOLOGGING in the INSERT Command ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: VIVEK_SHARMA=20 > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:31 PM > To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Cloning 21 GB Table - Review Approach please > > We are to clone a 32Million records table of approx 21GB in the same DB. > =A0 > We are considering the following approach:- -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l