The current tool for doing that in SAP is brspace. brspace uses dbms_redefinition under the covers. (Which is unfortunately broken in 9.2.0.5 <http://9.2.0.5>) You can use a manual process to move the table with materialized views (with prebuilt tables). It involves a couple of minimal downtimes for SAP ( a few seconds ). That is just to ensure that no transaction is trying to use the table during the rename. SAP will be none the wiser. Jared On 11/4/05, Roger Xu <roger_xu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > Below is what I see when I used sapdba to move a table. > CREATE TABLE "SAPR3"."CKMI1#" ...TABLESPACE "PSAPBTA3D"... AS SELECT * > FROM "SAPR3"."CKMI1"; > DROP TABLE "SAPR3"."CKMI1" if successfully created; > RENAME "CKMI1#" TO "CKMI1"; > Question#1: What is "if successfully created" in the second sql > statement? > Question#2: Is this same as "alter table move tablespace ..."? > Thanks, > Roger > > This e-mail is intended solely for the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any > review, dissemination, copying, printing or other use of this e-mail by > persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately and > delete the material. > ____________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email > Security System. Any questions please call 972-721-8257 or email your > request to tech_support@xxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist