Raj, This is a good idea. It didn't strike to me. I will work on that and see the pros and cons. Thanks a lot! Muru -----Original Message----- From: rjamya [mailto:rjamya@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:12 PM To: Balakrishnan, Muru Cc: Oracle Discussion List Subject: Re: Making a table readonly? create a trigger on the table in question from sys account. In this trigger disallow insert/update/delete. Since the trigger will be owned by non-owner, it would be difficult to circumvent in normal circumstances. Raj On 9/19/05, Balakrishnan, Muru <Muru.Balakrishnan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The system is already in production, the options below are remote. I was trying to find out if there was another way that I was not aware of. Thanks to all of you for your time!