Hi, I think nologging as a hint worked in 9.2.0.4 and 10.1.0.2 versions, but it was undocumented. Maybe they've removed it again in later versions... If you have access to 9.2.0.4, you could test out... Tanel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Gorman" <tim@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 11:55 AM Subject: Re: Cloning 21 GB Table - Review Approach please >> /*+ nologging */ -- I haven't seen that as >> a hint, and it doesn't seem to do anything on >> my 9.2.0.6 system. > > My mistake! No such hint, going all the way back to 8.0.4 (which is > pretty > much when INSERT APPEND came into being). > > My apologies to all... > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l