Jonathan, Your dim and distant memory is indeed correct, in dbmsutil.sql :- create or replace package dbms_system is ------------ -- OVERVIEW -- -- This package provides some system level utilities. -- SECURITY -- -- This package is only accessible to user SYS by default. You can control -- access to these routines by only granting execute to privileged users. ---------------------------- -- PROCEDURES AND FUNCTIONS -- procedure set_ev(si binary_integer, se binary_integer, ev binary_integer, le binary_integer, nm varchar2); -- This is an internally used routine that should never be called by users. procedure read_ev(iev binary_integer, oev out binary_integer); -- This is an internally used routine that should never be called by users. -- -- procedure dist_txn_sync(inst_num number); -- This should be normally be only called by the XA library. procedure set_sql_trace_in_session(sid number, serial# number, sql_trace boolean); -- Enable sql_trace in the session identified by (sid, serial#). These -- value are gotten from v$session. -- Input arguments: -- sid -- session id -- serial# -- session serial number -- sql_trace -- if true then enable tracing, if false disable tracing. -- end; / ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------