Thanks indeed Thomas for the great advice & support. I am initiating required testing on the same. I will be happy to share the final results of the movement with you eventually, should you be interested. Regards -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Day [mailto:tomday2@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:14 PM To: VIVEK_SHARMA Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: DB Movement from Sun to AIX ? Yes. Read up on materialized views. Basically there is a job (or jobs) that run the refresh on a periodic basis. If the source database isn't available when the job runs then the next time the job runs (assuming the source database is available) then all the changes since the last successful job run are applied. You can do the refresh manually but it gets tedious very quickly. Much better to do it via a scheduled job. **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS*** -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l