On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 12:29 PM, J. Dex <cemail_219@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When doing a refresh from prod (export) to test (import) database, do > materialized views that are in the current test environment need to be > dropped first before running the import into that test database? > ------------------------------ > That would probably be a good idea if they are the same MV's. It might not be too important if you are going to recreate the MV's anyway, but it could a) use up a lot of disk space b) generate a lot of errors c) both When you import MV's, the refresh jobs have a tendency to be created in the account of the importing user or SYSTEM, I forget which. After the import you will want to check for strange refresh jobs that don't work. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com