On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 15:21:43 +0000, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What maintenance tasks does it actually make easier? Rebuild indexes NOLOGGING, followed by an online backup of the index tablespace(s). Mind you, I'm intentionally avoiding the argument on whether or not rebuilding is necessary and/or beneficial. ;-) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l