On 01/31/2006 03:01:40 PM, Smith, Ron wrote: > Even an export direct=y to a /dev/null file runs forever. > > We have looked at everything. > Any ideas? How about taking a look into v$session_event and v$session_wait? What are you waiting for? -- Mladen Gogala http://www.mgogala.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l