Orlando, From a technical point of view there is now an attribute at the table level that controls if the table can be written to or not, is this what you are asking? OP@ORCL11> create table read_me (anum number); OP@ORCL11> OP@ORCL11> select owner, table_name, read_only from dba_tables where table_name = 'READ_ME'; OWNER TABLE_NAME REA ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --- OP READ_ME NO OP@ORCL11> OP@ORCL11> alter table read_me read only; OP@ORCL11> OP@ORCL11> select owner, table_name, read_only from dba_tables where table_name = 'READ_ME'; OWNER TABLE_NAME REA ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --- OP READ_ME YES OP@ORCL11> ----------------------- Ric Van Dyke Hotsos Enterprises ----------------------- Hotsos Symposium March 6 - 10, 2011 You have to be there, yea I'm talking to you. ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Orlando L Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:20 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: 11g READ ONLY table List Does anyone know how 11g is able to convert read write tables to READ ONLY and back when the extents are all over mixed in with other tables in a tablespace? Orlando.