I am checking my primary db view v$archived_log and i am finding two of the archived logs (say) seq 434331 and 434336 having applied=NO and archived=YES; On the standby control file ALL logs show as applied=YES and archived=YES. The last successfully applied and archived log seq is 434341; I wonder what could have caused the primary controlfile to think these two log files are not applied. I checked v$log_history , v$archive_dest_status , alert.log and donot find anything unusual. Any ideas? Thanks Govindan -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l