Vivek > By Preparatory activity meant Running of "utlu102i.sql" from 10g > $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin after "SQL> STARTUP UPGRADE" Why you want to STARTUP UPGRADE to run that script??? Regards, Chris NB: http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14238/upgrad e.htm#sthref123 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l