It is horrible in 10g, but there are updates to it (labelled 10gR2 IIRC) that make it at least apparently work reliably. My support experience wasn't great though so I gave up in the end. On 2/23/06, Christian Antognini <Christian.Antognini@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Raja > > > Is sys.utl_dbws part of 10g only or is it available for 9i? > > Yes. > > > HTH > Chris > > NB: in 10g it's very buggy... i.e. stay away from it... > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info