On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 19:39, Fuad Arshad wrote: > external tables to read archive data. > users normally always want the data even though they'll never actually use > it . > We've moved some data to flat files and given them views to access the data. > works like a charm. > Saved a lot of database apace and maintainence. Those files could be hosted anywhere and mounted NFS. Pretty good idea, thanks. Jared ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------