All, I'm having one heck of a brain dropout recently. I know that there is a way to take a full backup on say Sunday and then incrementals throughout the week and apply those to the original full backup, I just can't find it in the manuals. Could someone please dump me a pointer?? Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA PAREXEL International 900 Chelmsford St, Suite 310 Lowell, MA 01821 978.614.2857 Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx The information transmitted in this communication is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please destroy any copies, contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.