Sounds like you'll want to upgrade to 11g ASAP and make use of the new Flashback Data Archive: http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/database/oracle11g/pdf/flashba ck-data-archive-whitepaper.pdf Last I heard, 11g is supposed to be released for Linux this month, but no announcements on release dates for other platforms yet. Regards, Brandon Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.