--Env Oracle 9206 AIX 5.x I don't have much experience with "User Defined Datatypes" nor "XML Datatypes".=20 Trying to move a database for a client that uses these datatypes. (not sure but maybe some of them are Nested Tables or VARRAY's vs. "User Defined Datatype"...how can I tell the difference?) Anyway, in the same database I can IMPort * 15GB-20GB normal data (no indexes) per hour. * 10GB GB BLOB data per hour. but only * 324MB of "User Defined Datatypes" After 1 Hr. 15 Min. * 53MB of "XML Datatype" After 30 Min. Any ideas? Please reply directly to me as well as to the list Thanks in advance, Chris Marquez Oracle DBA HEYMONitor(tm) - heymonitor.com "Oracle Monitoring & Alerting Solution" -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l