Bill, Not sure if this is the same, although the way you get the error is. But I was getting date format errors, time_zone undefined, when doing the same select. Adding : ALTER SESSION SET TIME_ZONE =3D '-04:00'; To login.sql fixed the problem. EST is GMT-4.=20 -----Original Message----- From: Shrek [mailto:shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:47 PM To: Oracle-L (E-mail) Subject: database links... we have links between 9.2.0.4 and 8.1.7.4 databases that are working fine. if, however we go to 9.2.0.5 we can select accross the link but on a commit we get a contex incorrect error. anybody seen this before? know a workarround? thanks. --=20 -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA =20 shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine (Song of Solomon 6:3) -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l