It's an Oracle utility "DBNEWID." It's described in the Oracle 9i = Utility Manual and can be used to change the name and id of a database. >=20 >=20 > What is NID ? We didn't have to use it during RMAN Duplicates. >=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------