There's a way to do OS level stuff as well. It's a hack, but it "does the job". http://www.usn-it.de/index.php/2009/08/21/oracle-executing-an-os-command-from-plsql-icmp-ping-from-database/ Regards Martin Klier Goulet, Richard schrieb: > Robert, > > I've used the scheduler to schedule jobs in the past and on Unix > based platforms I ran into a problem because OS level scripts always > tried to run as NOBODY. Now I did manage to work around that quirk, but > I doubt my work around was the most intelligent. Any workarounds that > Oracle recommends??? And No I haven't taken the time to research MOS. > It's just not on the priority list at the moment. -- Usn's IT Blog for Linux, Oracle, Asterisk http://www.usn-it.de -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l