Hi Patrice, no, no new timestamp, but 2 columns anyway. HTH J.N. > Can anyone check and tell me whether Oracle added a timestamp column to the dba_errors view? SQL> select column_name, data_type 2 from dba_tab_columns@win where table_name = 'DBA_ERRORS' -- 10.1 3 minus 4 select column_name, data_type 5 from dba_tab_columns where table_name = 'DBA_ERRORS' -- 9.2 6 ; COLUMN_NAME ------------------------------ DATA_TYPE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATTRIBUTE VARCHAR2 MESSAGE_NUMBER NUMBER ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boivin, Patrice J" <BoivinP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 5:00 PM Subject: Dba_errors view in 10g -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l