It reduces the amount of error messages by suppressing the "expected ones" (... does not exist) and it also allows you to open a database against the 10g binaries without a SYSAUX tablespace. Corrections/additions welcome, Lex. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Kyte Seminar: http://www.naturaljoin.nl/events/seminars.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mohan, Ross Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 23:03 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: STARTUP MIGRATE Anyone out there know what else STARTUP MIGRATE does but set an internal flag for the and possibly do a 10520-like 'soft compile' circuit on identical packages? It's not like Fae Wray is tied to the railroad tracks with the locomotive bearing down on her or anything, but if you have any savvy you can spread on this question, I'd appreciate it. Ross -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l