hi all, I want to run os command from pl/sql block but don know how to do that. My objective is to put database name,host name,os with version on the top of the report which i used to send using pl/sql block using utl_smtp package. any suggestion would really helpful.. -- Thanks & Regards, T. Onkar Nath OneAPPS Enterprise Technology Pvt. Ltd. to_onkar@xxxxxxxxx onkarnath.tiwary@xxxxxxxxx