You could use a DDL trigger to capture this. mvg/regards Jo Hemant K Chitale <hkchital@singnet .com.sg> To Sent by: ORACLE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx oracle-l-bounce@f cc reelists.org Subject Auditing ALTER DATABASE and ALTER 17-03-06 16:40 SYSTEM commands Please respond to hkchital@singnet. com.sg Apparently, the "ALTER DATABASE" command (eg ALTER DATABASE DATAFILE <filename> RESIZE) cannot be audited. Although the "ALTER SYSTEM" can be audited, I cannot find from DBA_AUDIT_OBJECT or DBA_AUDIT_STATEMENT which ALTER SYSTEM command (ALTER SYSTEM CHECKPOINT, ALTER SYSTEM SWITCH LOGFILE, ALTER SYSTEM SET SORT_AREA_SIZE=) was issued. Hemant K Chitale http://web.singnet.com.sg/~hkchital -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l