Not from what I've seen - with 9.2.0.6 on Win2K3, when I run spreport.sql it saves the the output in my current working directory. You can see from the following lines in sprepins.sql (called by spreport.sql) that it just spools to your current directory: prompt prompt Specify the Report Name prompt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ prompt The default report file name is &dflt_name.. To use this name, prompt press <return> to continue, otherwise enter an alternative. set heading off; column report_name new_value report_name noprint; select 'Using the report name ' || nvl('&&report_name','&dflt_name') , nvl('&&report_name','&dflt_name') report_name from sys.dual; spool &report_name; set heading on; prompt -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ian Cary (C) Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 7:24 AM To: davidsharples@xxxxxxxxx; ldk2005@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Where does STATSPACK save its reports generated with spreport It will default to $ORACLE_HOME/BIN if you are using a windows client 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. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l