I thought the question was to keep certain tables unchanged during the import. I must not have read the original question carefully, and I have already deleted it. >-----Original Message----- >But if a tablespace is read only, how does one import into it? Isn't >the definition of read only that one can NOT write to it? ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------