Also, the ORA-600 and ORA-7445 lookup tool can be very useful, before you even open an SR. (See MetaLink Doc ID 153788.1) -Mark -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest Information & Learning There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which shouldn't be done at all. -Peter F. Drucker, 1909-2005 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Closson Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:32 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: How to reproduce an ORA-7445? Folks, ORA-07445 is raised when a core dump is being produced. Whatever the 600 error was that pushed this can be diagnosed without a repro case. This is classic Oracle support dodge and run... >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Allen, Brandon >>>Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 9:08 AM >>>To: Rich.Jesse@xxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Subject: RE: How to reproduce an ORA-7445? >>> >>>Probably not much point at all because they're always going to ask >>>for it to be reproduced with tracing on and as a DBA that provides >>>tech support myself, I usually find myself in the same position. >>>It's often very difficult if not -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l