Hi All, Does anybody have an idea what OCIDBAccess.free_temp_alloc(Native Method) does? We are using JDBC OCI to make db connections from appserver. The JVM (java virtual Machine) goes down intermittently. The JVM trace outputs the above line related to OCIDBAccess.free_temp_alloc(Native Method) Current Java thread: at oracle.jdbc.oci8.OCIDBAccess.free_temp_alloc(Native Method) at oracle.jdbc.oci8.OCIDBAccess.parseExecuteDescribe(OCIDBAccess.java:1287) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteQuery(OracleStatement.java:2513) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:2840) at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeQuery(OracleStatement.java:640) We have opened a TAR, the same time we are trying to get more hints from experts over here. Any help would be highly helpful. -- Sami Seerangan Oracle DBA -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l