I'm seeing lots of waits for it in a 9.2.0.6 instance on Solaris.... It does not appear to be in the 9iR2 Reference manual...? Now, I can't even log in....not even as "/ as sysdba".....sigh..... -- 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