I use it on non-dataguard physical standbys as well (SE, SE-1). IIRC, ARCHIVE_LAG_TARGET has been around since 9.0.1. Best regards, Carel-Jan Engel === If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) === On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 19:20 +0200, Christian Antognini wrote: > Chris > > > Any how, the word "TARGET" implies DG / Standby...but > > I assume I can use this parameter in NON-DG db's? > > The parameter isn't specific to DG, even if they implemented if for such an > environment. Therefore, you can use it without DG. > > > Has it really been around since 2001? > > Yes. > > > Regards, > Chris > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > >