Folks, Anyone know how to extract the DDL for recreating the default profile using dbms_metadata? The following works for all other profiles except the default one: SELECT dbms_metadata.get_ddl('PROFILE',profile) FROM dba_profiles WHERE profile != 'DEFAULT'; When running dbms_metadata against the default profile I get the following error: ERROR: ORA-31603: object "DEFAULT" of type PROFILE not found in schema "SYS" ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_SYS_ERROR", line 105 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 628 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_METADATA", line 1221 ORA-06512: at line 1 I thought perhaps the default profile was created under a privileged user, but as you can see from the error, extracting even as "sys" I get this error. Dave ********************************************************************** The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system. Thank You. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l