Hi Terry, i got few hits in metalink ... specifically note *5924384.8* btw I just searched for ora-21780 in the search box. Raj On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Terry Sutton <terrysutton@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Folks, > > Has anyone encountered this message in the alert log (10.2.0.4): > > ORA-21780 encountered when generating server alert SMG-3503 > > I can find nothing in Metalink or Google. > > --Terry >