Jay, I'll definitely check that out if it happens again. Thanks, Jon --- oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Is it possible a firewall was closed from your > workstation to port 1521 > on that server? > > If it happens again you can test that by trying to > telnet to the port: > telnet ud505 1521 > > Jay Miller __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l