Oracle Auditing question.

Hi All,
I have a application schema called SPRE. I want to audit insert/update/delete/alter on any SPRE objects by any database user but I dont want to audit any action performed by "SPRE" user itself.
I know how to setup this.....like run below as system
audit inser,update,delete on SPRE.table1;
audit inser,update,delete on SPRE.table2;
audit inser,update,delete on SPRE.table3;
but questions I have is...
1. How to audit if sys user perform any insert,update,delete?
2. How to stop audit entry if SPRE user performed insert,update,delete
Thanks,
Anuj

sys.aud$, dba_audit_trail
OR
SELECT view_name FROM   dba_views WHERE  view_name LIKE 'DBA%AUDIT%' ORDER BY view_name;
SELECT view_name
FROM   dba_views
WHERE  view_name LIKE 'DBA%AUDIT%'
ORDER BY view_name;
VIEW_NAME
DBA_AUDIT_EXISTS
DBA_AUDIT_OBJECT
DBA_AUDIT_POLICIES
DBA_AUDIT_POLICY_COLUMNS
DBA_AUDIT_SESSION
DBA_AUDIT_STATEMENT
DBA_AUDIT_TRAIL
DBA_COMMON_AUDIT_TRAIL
DBA_FGA_AUDIT_TRAIL
DBA_OBJ_AUDIT_OPTS
DBA_PRIV_AUDIT_OPTS
DBA_REPAUDIT_ATTRIBUTE
DBA_REPAUDIT_COLUMN
DBA_STMT_AUDIT_OPTSHTH
-Anantha
Edited by: Anantha R on Mar 29, 2010 3:23 PM

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