Oracle 9.2 I have two tables voice.line_dup, voice.mike_test. mike_test was created using the scripts from voice.line_dup with the same constraints enabled. I then inserted all of the data from line_dup into mike_test. Both tables are in the same tablespace. I use the same batch file for both tables userid=xxx/xxxx direct=y indexes=y constraints=y grants=y compress=n statistics=none tables=voice.line_dup only the table name changes. and the same kornscript to export. When I use voice.line_dup it will only export in conventional mode, when I do mike_test it uses direct mode. Any ideas thanks mike > ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------