Oh yeah, and another thing. If the script is being run from cron (which mine is, every 12 minutes, that's five times per hour, duh.), it should check to see if another copy of itself is still running and at least send an e-mail to let you know something is probably hung up. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------