<div>Hi Nora</div> <div> </div> <div>you need a (FAILOVER=ON) line immediately below or above the (LOAD_BALANCE =yes) line in tnsnames.ora. </div><br><br>-- <br>Niall Litchfield<br >Oracle DBA<br><a href="http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com">http://www .niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com </a>