I just ran a little test where from a local instance I selected against a remote external table whose database is on another server and I was able to successfully query the data so it is possible to indirectly reference the directory objects remotely. -- Mark D Powell -- Phone (313) 592-5148 ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Finn Jorgensen Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:17 AM To: joe_dba@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: directory objects As far as I know, no. The directory would have to be made available locally through NFS or NAS or something. Finn On 2/28/08, Joe Smith <joe_dba@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Is it possible to use DIRECTORY OBJECTS between servers? Have DIRECTORY OBJECTS from database A on server A point to and create its files on server B? thanks. ________________________________ Climb to the top of the charts! Play the word scramble challenge with star power. Play now! <http://club.live.com/star_shuffle.aspx?icid=starshuffle_wlmailtextlink_ jan>