Hi, I regulary notice that in my responses to the mailing list, a bunch of list headings are placed between my message body (see example below). Do others notice it as well? Does someone know how to avoid this? Regards, Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer: www.uptime.be/disclaimer -----Original Message----- From: D'Hooge Freek [mailto:Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: vrijdag 9 juli 2010 7:43 To: dd.yakkali@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: index rebuild - locking To answer your question, yes Oracle will not allow modifications on the table during index creation or rebuilds. If you have the Enterprise Edition, then you can make use of the online keyword to avoid this (don't know if it also exists for the rebuild, but I'm too layzy to look it up for you ;-) ) X-archive-position: 29593 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx X-original-sender: Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx Precedence: normal Reply-To: Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx List-help: <mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=help> List-unsubscribe: <oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe> List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l <oracle-l.freelists.org> X-List-ID: oracle-l <oracle-l.freelists.org> List-subscribe: <oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> List-owner: <mailto:steve.adams@xxxxxxxxxxxx> List-post: <mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> List-archive: <//www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l> X-list: oracle-l But the real question is, why do you want to rebuild the index? Regards, Freek D'Hooge Uptime Oracle Database Administrator email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 http://www.uptime.be disclaimer: www.uptime.be/disclaimer ________________________________________ -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l