I guess I clarify that by saying "all ora-7445 stem from underlying Oracle errors " A SIGSEGV indicates usually indicates and error in the App code. This signal detects when user level code is trying to access memory not in its memory space... Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: rjamya [mailto:rjamya@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 7:04 PM To: Khemmanivanh, Somckit Cc: peter.schauss@xxxxxxx; cmarquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: ORA-07445, "SIGSEGV", & "address"??? all ora-7445 stem from underlying os errors ... it is basically a catch-all for os errors ... so I'd contact support ASAP. Raj -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l