Thanks Wolfgang. I never tried this. I will try it next time. Thanks --- On Sun, 4/26/09, Wolfgang Breitling <breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Wolfgang Breitling <breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: ** trace file To: ajoshi97@xxxxxxxxx Cc: "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 1:41 PM If you want the process to stop writing to the trace file try oradebug event 10046 trace name context forever, level 0; instead. At 10:00 AM 4/26/2009, A Joshi wrote: > Wolfgang, > Salute. I am using sunos version 10. Thanks a lot for demonstrating. I did do a > > oradebug event 10046 trace name context off > > in between so I do not know if that made a difference. At the next instance of this I will try the steps you listed and see. thanks Regards Wolfgang Breitling Centrex Consulting Corporation www.centrexcc.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l