Ok, Perl experts....any thoughts/comments/suggestions on this one? Any way to disable this? Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA ProQuest Company Ann Arbor, MI -----Original Message----- From: Philip Douglass [mailto:philip.douglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 12:23 PM To: Bobak, Mark Subject: Db ping function FYI: select SYSDATE from DUAL /* ping */ is the method by which the DBD::Oracle perl module checks to make sure it has a connection to the database. It's not in our code -- it's in the perl DBI/DBD code! There has to be some way to disable it, because I'm pretty sure it's not necessary. --=20 Philip Douglass Database Administrator ProQuest Information and Learning (561) 994-0079 x7223 www.proquestk12.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l