Bryan, If the indexes are partitioned, dba_part_indexes will tell you about them. owner, index_name, table_name, partition_count. For information on the partitions themselves can be found at dba_ind_partitions. Look at index_owner, index_name, partition_name, status and tablespace_name are some of the key things to look at. Why do you need to rebuild? Are they invalid? alter index owner.index_a rebuild partition (partition_name) might work. The parenthesis are tricky and a bit inconsistent depending on what you are doing with partitions. HTH Stephen On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 17:55:31 -0700, Bryan Wells <bunjibry@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I need to rebuild some indexes that reside within partitions. what is > the syntax to find out what partition an index_a belongs to? from > dba_indexes? do i need to specify owner (owner.index_a)? really, how > the heck do I do this. got 5 hours. > > wouldnt this be right: > > alter index owner.index_a rebuild partition owner.partition_name > > please help. > > -- > Bryan S Wells - DBA Newbie > bunjibry@xxxxxxxxx > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l