Glen, its called "scheduled maintenance" and happens when you have a DVD-ROM full of patchsets to roll out. Paul On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:30:28 -0400, bernas, glen <bernas_glen@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Someone mentioned that there is a date function that eliminates = > weekends. > Does that really exist?? > > ____________________________________________ > > Glen Bernas > Database Administrator > EMC=B2 =09 > where information lives -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l