Madhu - Since nobody has suggested it yet, you should purchase Cary Millsap's book "Optimizing Oracle Performance". He explains the SQL*Net message from/to client and what it means in the context of solving performance problems. Dennis Williams DBA Lifetouch, Inc. dwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------