I wasn't clear what he actually wants at first, how quickly, what for - he mumbled "checksum", "checksum" - that's why I said identical. Then when he saw it will take too much work he settled for num_rows. On 2/22/06, Michael McMullen <ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Wasn't the requirement "identical"? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ranko Mosic > To: tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx > Cc: ORACLE-L > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:54 PM > Subject: Re: Quick and dirty way to compare table contents > > > Thanks to everybody guys, we can "close" this one. > My boss settled for simple num_rows from dba_tables. > > Appreciate your time & effort. > Ranko. > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Regards, Ranko Mosic Contract Senior Oracle DBA B. Eng, Oracle 10g, 9i Certified Database Professional Phone: 416-450-2785 email: mosicr@xxxxxxxxxx http://ca.geocities.com/mosicr@xxxxxxxxxx/ContractSeniorOracleDBARankoMosicMain.html