I have, it shows succeeded and the additional info field where errors are typically shown is null. Thanks, Ken From: chet justice [mailto:chet.justice@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 2:06 PM To: rjamya@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx; kennethnaim@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: UTL_FILE ISSUE Have you checked the view for any error messages? I believe it is DBA_SCHEDULER_JOB_RUN_DETAILS If there is an error, it is written there. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:22 PM, rjamya <rjamya@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I agree with Dick, the problem could be with privs, try with direct privs to the package owner rather than via role. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Goulet, Richard <Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Ken, On thing I can think of is what are the permissions on the directory? Are they inherited through a role, if so to run as you specify they will need to be directly granted.