Have you ever considered a beginner list or asktom? .Maybe those forums would be appropriate for you? I wouldn't object to you asking a question like this if it didn't end up in my mailbox. I really think that this is not a forum for questions like yours. -- Mladen Gogala Ext. 121 _____ From: Magnus Andersen [mailto:mag.andersen@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:17 AM Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: dbms_job failed to execute I found two trace files with the same time stamp on them. These are the closest to when I saw the problem. Could this have "hung" since the database bounced?