Not sure about this - just a guess, but if auditing is on and the auditing filesystem is full, or deleted, or oracle doesn't have write permission, then maybe that could cause these symptoms? Regards, Brandon Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.