OS? OS version? Oracle Client version? Try MetaLink Doc ID 281450.1 -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest Information & Learning For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. --Richard P. Feynman, 1918-1988 ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of vikram singh Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 3:55 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Error 45 initializing SQL*Plus - help Hello All, I am getting the following error "Error 45 initializing SQL*Plus Internal error" when i run a sql script. what does that mean? and how do i answer it? Thanks in advance. Regards, vikram.