Is there a way to prevent dbms_refresh from generating redo log entries? One job generates 170+ archived logs every morning. The tablespace, tables are all set to nologging but makes no difference. I logged a TAR but so far the response I got was: how about setting your database in noarchivelog mode. LOL Patrice. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------