Hi Ed, Active DG should work as it would be using a physical standby thus eliminating the FBI restriction. That said, Streams might be another (cheaper) option to consider. I can't personally attest to it working with FBIs, but as per the documentation, as of 10.2, it supports them: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14229/whatsnew.htm#i972920 On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:17 PM, ed lewis <eglewis71@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > We've created a logical standby, and discovered > issues with tables that have function-based indexes. > Its appear the LSB does not use them. This caused > the LSB to lag far behind the primary database. > This particular DB has over a thousand tables with > FBIs. > To resolve this, we're adding unique indexes to the > offending tables that require them. To me, this is not > an ideal solution, especially as table volumes grow. > > I'm considering implementing active dataguard, and use this > as our reporting DB. I hope to be able to try this in a week > or so. > > Hasn't anyone used active dg to resolve the FBI issue ? > > Does anyone have any other solutions ? > > Your feedback is appreciated. > > thanks > ed lewis > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l