Also Jim: You keep saying that this is the first time it's happened in a long time, but I don't think you can assume that an UNLOAD works the same way every time. I imagine it could unload the tables and views in different orders each time.
I know I'll get criticized for this, but I'll bet I could count on 5 fingers the number of times I've had to unload a database for any of my clients over the 18 years I've been a consultant. I just haven't seen the problems... And I'm glad because my early experiences with unload weren't good ones, with tables being created out of order (FK tables before the PK tables), views out of order, etc... Don't know if it's a cleaner experience now, I'm sure it is. My last unload was probably a few years ago. Karen
