Jared, >That would be useful, but I need a baseline at a certain date, for >comparison >to the database at a later date. I am inclined to think of a Statspack type of architecture where you 'snapshot' DBA_OBJECTS to be used for comparison. The drawback is that you might miss multiple changes in between. However, if you can capture all DDL events into a persistent table (as I am doing), then you could produce both a Periodic report as well as programmatically provide snapshots of changes.... Just a thought! John Kanagaraj <>< DB Soft Inc Phone: 408-970-7002 (W) Disappointment is inevitable, but Discouragement is optional! ** The opinions and facts contained in this message are entirely mine and do not reflect those of my employer or customers ** ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------