Inside the Solaris 64 bit 9.2.0.6 patch is a readme that says don't patch until you read note 283565.1. The note is in a hidden, edit state and has been since Dec 2004. They gave it to me in a tar. Someone here may be interested: Note 283565.1 Circulation: UNDER_EDIT (EXTERNAL) Topic: Oracle 9i Data Guard Known Issues Title: ORA-2437 on SYSTEM.LOGMNRC_GTCS_PK during upgrade to 10g ORA-2437 on SYSTEM.LOGMNRC_GTCS_PK during upgrade to 10g ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Versions Affected ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9.2.0.6 and below 10.1.0.2 and 10.1.0.3 Platforms Affected ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENERIC, All platforms affected Description ~~~~~~~~~~ If multiple DDLs are performed on a database for which system catalog statistics are not current, Streams users may find that their capture process stops with an error reporting the presence of an unsupported column. Steams or Logical Standby customers could see the Apply components of these products st op with errors reporting incompatible datatypes. Likelihood of Occurrence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Streams and/or Logical Standby Possible Symptoms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ORA-2437 : cannot validate (SYSTEM.LOGMNRC_GTCS_PK) - primary key violated Workaround ~~~~~~~~~ No workarounds. However the problem can be avoided. 1) Check if the bug exists first. select count(*) from (select logmnr_uid from system.logmnrc_gtcs group by logmnr_uid, obj#, objv#, intcol# having count(1) > 1); 2) If the returned count is greater than 0 then the system in question has been affected. If the returned count is less than 0, update system catalog statistics before executing DDL commands such as 'alter table drop column'. For example, in sqlplus: EXECUTE DBMS_STATS.GATHER_SCHEMA_STATS(ownname=>'SYS'); Patches ~~~~~~ Interim patches can be requested on top of 9.2.0.6 and 10.1.0.3. References ~~~~~~~~~ Bug 3785754 : 9IR2->10.1 UPGRADE GETS ORA-2437 : CANNOT VALIDATE (SYSTEM.LOGMNRC_GTCS_PK) =============================================================== Ray Stell stellr@xxxxxx (540) 231-4109 28^D -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l