Not that it matters here, but my ORACLE_BASE is the same for 10g as 11g. ORACLE_HOME is different. From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Zelli, Brian Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 4:03 PM To: David Fitzjarrell; oracle-l (oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Subject: RE: job fails Nope, that didn’t help it still failed with the same error…… Brian -- Joel Patterson Sr. Database Administrator | Enterprise Integration Phone: 904-928-2790 | Fax: 904-733-4916 www.entint.com<http://www.entint.com/> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/signaturev61.jpg]<http://www.entint.com/> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_FaceBook1.jpg]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Enterprise-Integration/212351215444231> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_Twitter1.jpg] <http://twitter.com/#!/entint> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_LinkedIn1.jpg] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/18276?trk=tyah> [http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb367/Entint/th_YouTube1.jpg] <http://www.youtube.com/user/ValueofIT> This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be monitored. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. [v.1.1] From: Zelli, Brian Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:42 PM To: 'David Fitzjarrell'; oracle-l (oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>) Subject: RE: job fails Yes. But I think I may have found the error. My ORACLE_BASE was pointing to the wrong directory (10g not 11g)….. Brian From: David Fitzjarrell [mailto:oratune@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2014 3:38 PM To: Zelli, Brian; oracle-l (oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>) Subject: Re: job fails I understand this to mean you're running this from cron? David Fitzjarrell Primary author, "Oracle Exadata Survival Guide" On Thursday, February 20, 2014 1:35 PM, "Zelli, Brian" <Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Brian.Zelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: I’m running a dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats job thru a unix job and it runs for a while then fails with a ORA-01013: user requested cancel of current operation I didn’t cancel the job so why is this stopping? Brian This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you.