Juan, If you just want to create table from DBA_OBJECTS, use nologging, as Connor already pointed out. Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA ProQuest Company Ann Arbor, MI -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:17 AM To: DGoulet@xxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Please a parameter to disable undo, like _disable_logging Hi Dick, In my home computer took 2 hour to create a 100,000,000 records from dba_objects, so I t hink is a good idea to=20 find a better way , obviously this is not to use in production database, and is not to save microseconds. =20 Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco OCP -------Original Message------- =20 From: DGoulet@xxxxxxxx Date: 10/06/04 10:05:52 To: jreyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Please a parameter to disable undo, like _disable_logging =20 There are some things like this that I believe should not be done, even in test. The reason is that now you've crippled a significant item for database recovery for the purpose of shaving a couple of microseconds off of the execution time. Problem with that is that when the same application starts to run in production it will run slower than in test & damanagement will want the same performance/crippled database in production. Then when, not if, all hell breaks loose you're the one trying to explain why the database can't be recovered. I personally like having my test environment, not development, in a similar configuration so that all of the background delays play out just like in production. =20 =20 Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco [mailto:jreyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=3D20 Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:23 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Please a parameter to disable undo, like _disable_logging =20 thanks =20 but /*+ append */ too bypasses undo, and if you set _disable_logging you run the same risk, if you have a problem. I think for a test database could be acceptable. For example I'm trying to create a 10 000 000 records in my home for testing purposes, so this will be greatly welcome. I bet there should be a way. =20 =3D20 Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco OCP -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l