I would generally keep the database link around if you think you may want to use it again in the future. It's not going to consume an appreciable amount of resources if no one is using it. Justin Cave Distributed Database Consulting, Inc. http://www.ddbcinc.com -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:34 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Is it possible to do "select count(*) from sapr3.zpayr@QA2;" Cool. It works. So do I need to do "delete database link qa2" to clean up? Thanks. --Roger -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:10 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Is it possible to do "select count(*) from sapr3.zpayr@QA2;" While connected to pr2: create database link qa2 connect to system identified by manager using 'qa2'; That's one option. There are other variations on database links. See the manual for more details. -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Roger Xu [mailto:roger_xu@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 5:07 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Is it possible to do "select count(*) from sapr3.zpayr@QA2;" How to do it? Is there a document or links? Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Igor Neyman [mailto:ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:01 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Is it possible to do "select count(*) from sapr3.zpayr@QA2;" You need a database link created between PR2 and QA2. Igor Neyman, OCP DBA ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Xu Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:56 PM To: Oracle-L@Freelists. Org (E-mail) Subject: Is it possible to do "select count(*) from sapr3.zpayr@QA2;" >From SID=PR2, I failed to do the following: SQL> select count(*) from sapr3.zpayr@QA2; select count(*) from sapr3.zpayr@QA2 * ERROR at line 1: ORA-02019: connection description for remote database not found But I can do the following without any problems: sqlplus system@QA2/manager SQL> select count(*) from sapr3.zpayr; Thanks, Roger ************************************************************************ This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this e-mail by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. 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