What Oracle version? Are there not some memory leak bugs in some Oracle versions? 9.2.0.3 on some Unix versions for one has memory leaks that require DB restarts as I recall. <SNIP> > > > > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l