I wonder how that works if your remote_dependencies is set to SIGNATURE instead?? On 4/3/06, Stephane Faroult <sfaroult@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Krishan, > > I suspect that it is a trick used by Oracle utilities (such as > exp/imp) to preserve the creation or last modification date and avoid > intempestive invalidation and recompiling. > > HTH > > Stéphane Faroult -- ---------------------------------------------- Got RAC? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l