Has anyone encountered direct export on 9205 db that failes with exp-56 and ora-942 ?? I don't see any version specific references in metalink, but one workaround suggested that NLS_LANG should be set in the shell. That didn't work for us, but removing direct=y did export succesfully. FYI Raj ------------------------------ select standard_disclaimer from company_requirements where category = 'MANDATORY'; -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l