Perhaps this is a myth which was based upon the 248-days listener problem which got solved in 8i if I'm not mistaking. frits On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Walt Weaver <weaver1308@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello all, > > Some of the older list members may remember me; I've been more or less away > from Oracle for a few years but we still have a few old 9i systems I still > maintain on a sporadic basis. > > Anyway, one of our few remaining Oracle customers recently requested that > we bounce the Oracle instance they were on; they said there was a bug in 9i > that required the instance be bounced at least every 365 days. > > Does anyone know anything about this? I haven't been able to find out > anything about it; my Metalink account expired a long time ago and Googling > hasn't turned up anything. > > Any information will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > --Walt Weaver, old Oracle fart (it's my 60th birthday today) > -- Bozeman, Montana >