When Oracle 10g came out, there was a presentation at OracleWorld: Oracle Database 10g: Managing the Self-Managing database :) Tanel. _____ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 03:34 To: mwf@xxxxxxxx Cc: cjpengel.dbalert@xxxxxxxxx; kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ORACLE-L Subject: Re: was (RE: SGADEF file?) is How to best detect database health On 8/29/06, Mark W. Farnham <mwf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: An oxymoron ... That word always conjures up an image of the village idiot leading a large bovine critter. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist