What do you mean by "SYS.OBJECT_USAGE table cannot be changed, apparently including GRANTs." Are you signing on as SYSDBA and issuing the command "GRANT SELECT ON OBJECT_USAGE TO MYUSER;" ? (you could also grant MYUSER the system privilege SELECT ANY DICTIONARY) That privilege should allow you to create your own copy of V$OBJECT_USAGE in schema MYUSER. -----Original Message----- Jesse, Rich ... Oracle = decided to make the V$OBJECT_USAGE view so that a user can only see monitored indexes for their own schema ... the SYS.OBJECT_USAGE table cannot be changed, apparently including GRANTs. I'd paste the error here, but when I try it again, I get an ORA-600. Oracle's solution is to create a new V$ view in SYS. I make it a habit to not mess with SYS unless I have to. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------