My TOAD connection time-outs almost every 10 mins of idle time. I checked my SQLNET.ora and I dont see a timeout mentioned there. Infact it is a scimpy file with just two lines - SQLNET.AUTHENTICATION_SERVICES= (NTS) NAMES.DIRECTORY_PATH= (TNSNAMES) We are on 10.2.0.1 RAC and TOAD is 8.6.0.38. Is there any option with TOAD I need to set ? I went thru every option in the Options dialog and cant see an option for timeout. I checked the initxxx.ora file if there were any params set there but nothing jumps up to suggest that. The default user profile says "Unlimited" and there are no user-defined User Profiles or Resource Profiles in the database. Any way to overcome this ? Thanks and have a good day Shreeni Thanks and have a good day. Shreeni (630) 401-2887 (Mobile) (630) 837-1730 (Home)