Hey Brandon, > One of the most important views that is NOT off limits is > DBA_OUTSTANDING_ALERTS - you can write a very simple script to monitor that > and alert you as needed. I'm assuming by "simple" you're not using Advanced Queuing to pull the messages, like it says to in: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28310/monitoring001.htm#ADMIN11251 It would seem to be more difficult, but probably more timely, as it would only trigger on a new alert rather than polling the view. Rich -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l