Rich, just timely, Amis.nl folks are presenting on EBR webinar via Redgate ... just saw that in my reader feed. Could be useful for you ... http://technology.amis.nl/2013/02/01/webinar-on-edition-based-redefinition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=webinar-on-edition-based-redefinition Raj I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm going to have to move the tables once > shrunk. But as MOVE operations require exclusive locks during the operation, > I was considering DBMS_REDEFINITION. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l