Hi, What you can do is Select the table to be updated with a For Update. If The Select Fails then u can find out why it failed using Exception Handling.
HTH Best Regards, Ganesh R Tel : +971 (4) 397 3337 Ext 420 Fax : +971 (4) 397 6262 HP : +971 (50) 745 6019 ============================================ Live to learn... forget... and learn again. ============================================ -----Original Message----- Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 1:43 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi , Kindly help me to solve folowing problem. I need to Update a Table in Another database using a Procedure thru Database Link. The problem is other database or may be Listner is not always running when User Runs the procedure. Can I Check whether the Database/Listner is running or Not ? TIA, Naba -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: N J Neog INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Ganesh Raja INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).