Yup... Ran into that one on 8.0.4 on HP... Not sure when it got fixed though... Daniel Fink wrote: >IIRC, there was a bug in Oracle8 (don't recall when it was fixed) that >logging checkpoints to the alert log caused severe performance problems. >Do a search on Metalink for the details. > >Regards, >Daniel Fink > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------