Fred, You guessed correctly. It goes through the entire export file looking to import what you asked. This is why it is better to create several export files (one for each schema). I would guess that you could run several imports at the same time (each one reading the same export file) if this would help you. Tom -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fred Smith Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:47 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Import Question Hello, I'm going schema by schema by schema importing data from an export file. Version: 9.2.0.3 OS: Solaris 5.8 The export file is approx ~ 14 GB. I'm finding that even when I import the schemas (fromuser = x, touser =x) that only own a few packages etc., the import takes forever. It just sits there with "Importing X's objects into X" for 20-30 minutes, and then finally comes back with , import terminated successfully without warnings. So my question is, is it simply taking so long just because it has to search through the entire export.dmp file?? Is there anyway to tell what it is doing? Thank you. -Fred S. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l