What does this not work? delete from mytable where mytable.mynum = 20041212121212 nologging; >>> Try DELETE FROM mytable NOLOGGING where ...; Of course, you will want to read the manual. Look for the section "SQL Statements That Can Use No-Logging Mode". NOLOGGING will be ignored in the example you gave. Regards, Nelson -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l