I am considering increasing AWR retention from the default 7 days to a longer period; possibly 60 days. A longer cycle fits in better with systems that have monthly reporting cycles. Apart from increased space use in sysaux, leading to longer full backup times; I cannot think of any other negative effects. All AWR base tables are range partitioned; and I trust that all queries accessing them are configured to partition prune properly. I cannot find any evidence in MOS or the interwebs that this could be a bad thing to do: has anyone been burned by this before? Thanks! Mark Teehan Singapore =============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ===============================================================================