On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:21:47 -0700 (PDT), Alex <stant_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This event test signifies that the database being monitored has generated > errors to the ALERT log file since the last sample time. The ALERT log file > is a special trace file containing a chronological log of messages and > errors. An alert event is triggered when Oracle Exception (ORA-006xx), > deadlock detected (ORA-00060), or data block corrupted (ORA-01578) messages > are written to the ALERT log file. A warning is displayed when other ORA > messages are written to the ALERT log file. > > Id this event only monitors ORA- errors mentioned above, that would not be > enough, would it? > There are occasionally TNS- errors that appear in the alert log, as well as other interesting messages that don't contain an ORA- tag -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l