We are experiencing occassional instances of sqlldr hanging. sqlldr is generating no errors , there appears to be plenty of room in the tablespace and there are no errors in the alert log. Anyone seen this before? Platform is Oracle 9.2 on Solaris John Dunn Product Consultant Direct Dial +44 (0) 117 373 6122 Sefas Innovation Ltd, CityPoint, Temple Gate, Bristol BS1 6PL, UK. Tel: +44(0) 117 373 6114 Fax: +44 (0) 117 373 6115 www.sefas.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l