No, because import does not really "import" indexes. It issues a create index statement. So, the indexes are freshly built at the end of an import. -Mark On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 02:12, Jaffar_DBA wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a question. Lets say I have taken an export (full) and imported > into another database (full import), including indexes. Do I have to > rebuild all indexes again? Generally, to reorg. objects we use export > and import to solve the issue. Somewhere in the metalink written that > after importing, indexes, it is better to rebuild them or dont import > indexes, after importing data just create indexes. > My question is, do we really need to rebuild/recreate indexes after > importing them into another database? > > Thank you in advance. > > -- > Best Regards, > Jaffar, OCP DBA > Banque Saudi Fransi > Saudi Arabia -- Mark J. Bobak mark@xxxxxxxxx "Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." --Richard P. Feynman -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l