Use: dbms_system.KSDWRT(2, ...) Igor Neyman, OCP DBA ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Beckstrom Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 11:26 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracledba@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-rdbms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: write to alert log In the back of my mind I recall that it is possible to write to the alert.log from procedure, but can not recall how. What do I execute to do this? Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l