Hi all, weird thing, the developers is executing pretty big queries via java. Sometimes on some of the queries they get this error, if they take the SQL and execute it via sqlplus immediate it works no errors. java.sql.SQLException: ORA-04031: unable to allocate 1553024 bytes of shared memory ("shared pool","select (isoyear * 100) + iso...","Typecheck heap","qry_text : qcpisqt") George ________________________________________________ George Leonard Oracle Database Administrator Dimension Data (Pty) Ltd (Reg. No. 1987/006597/07) Tel: (+27 11) 575 0573 Fax: (+27 11) 576 0573 E-mail:george.leonard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.didata.co.za You Have The Obligation to Inform One Honestly of the risk, And As a Person You Are Committed to Educate Yourself to the Total Risk In Any Activity! Once Informed & Totally Aware of the Risk, Every Fool Has the Right to Kill or Injure Themselves as They See Fit! ?This e-mail is sent on the Terms and Conditions that can be accessed by Clicking on this link http://www.vodacom.net/legal/email.asp "