Check out the sqlplus copy command for this. On Mar 23, 2010 4:50 PM, "patrick obrien" <po04541@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hmm, now I"m trying to copy this table using the create table as select and it does not like my LONG data type, any thoughts, thank you! SQL> exec DBMS_REPAIR.SKIP_CORRUPT_BLOCKS('AMS_AFINADM','AD_OBJATCH'); PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> CREATE TABLE AMS_AFINADM.AD_OBJATCH_NEW AS SELECT * FROM AMS_AFINADM.AD_OBJATCH; 2 AS SELECT * FROM AMS_AFINADM.AD_OBJATCH * ERROR at line 2: ORA-00997: illegal use of LONG datatype --- On *Mon, 3/22/10, Saurabh Sood <email2sood@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote: From: Saurabh Sood <email2sood@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: ORA-01578: ORACLE data block corrupted To: po04541@xxxxxxxxx Cc: "Oracle L" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 11:33 PM >> >> Hi, >> >> You can use event 10231 to complete the import process. >> refer to following link ...