Thomas, Did you try a lookup on MetaLink w/ the ORA-600/7445 lookup tool? Log in to MetaLink, click the "Knowledge" tab. From there, Click "Database" on the left side. Now, in the top center, third item under "Database" is "ORA-600 Error Lookup by Argument". Hope that helps, -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest Information & Learning There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which shouldn't be done at all. -Peter F. Drucker, 1909-2005 ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Day Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:31 PM To: Oracle-L Freelists Subject: bitmapped index with "parallel" OK? Tried to send this but I never saw it on the mail list. So I've forwarded it. Sorry if this ends up as a double post. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas Day <tomday2@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Oct 25, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: bitmapped index with "parallel" OK? To: oracle-l < oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > I'm creating bitmapped indexes on a non-partitioned table. If I add "parallel" to the mix of options I get an end-of-channel and the database takes a core dump. If I'm creating local bitmapped indexes on a partitioned table the parallel option is no problem. Also, parallel does not seem to be a problem with b-tree indexes (partitioned table or no). I've been through the documentation and tired Google but I can't find a definitive answer. Is "parallel" allowed with bitmapped indexes on non-partitioned tables? Our banner says - Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.7.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, Real Application Clusters, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release 9.2.0.7.0 - Production OS is AIX.