Well various os's store os performance information in flat files (or can do so) so you could enhance your performance reporting to include os information. We have an app that has its own loader utility - but it barfs on every error, so I've written a little routine to examine the data files for errors and spit out lines that will fail before they do. -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------