Andrew replies: > Interesting, I ran into something very similar doing a project for a > client. I ended up pulling back the metadata and using the replace > function on the metadata to generate the new name. Just remember that you > have to be very specific about the string that is replaced or you can have > problems. > I might be able to track down the code again if you want a specific > example. let me know if you need it. Yeah, I'm already doing that to have the new tables SEGMENT CREATION DEFERRED in order to save space on the ~2700 tables that are empty (they were originally created when the DB was 10g). But where that is a clearly defined string to replace, the semi-random index names are a wee bit trickier. Thanks anyway! Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l