RE: ORA-03113 with dbms_output and sysdate
Your current session's DB has been gone out. Here is the scanario, Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production SQL SET SERVEROUT ON SQL BEGIN 2 dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY')); 3 END; 4 / WED, SEP 25 15:32:28002 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL ; 1 BEGIN 2 dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY')); 3* END; SQL / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE BEGIN * ERROR at line 1: ORA-12571: TNS:packet writer failure SQL hth, Nirmal. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone seen this cause an error before. I can run this script on other datbases (same version) without any problems. This database was rebuilt from production. I can select the to_char... into a varchar2 variable and then print the variable and it works. I've bounced the database also, but still no help. Nothing shows up in the alert log and there are no trace files. I have the work around, but I want to find out why/how to fix it and the root cause. Can I set an event and get more information about it when the error happens? That's the direction I'm headed. Thanks, Steve oracle 8.1.7.3 on Win NT 4.0 svc pack 6 sys(38)@INS declare 2 3 begin 4 5 dbms_output.put_line(to_char(sysdate, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYY') ); 6 7 end; 8 / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE declare * ERROR at line 1: : end-of-file on communication channel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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).
RE: ORA-03113 with dbms_output and sysdate
Seems like not a network then. Have you read a note 1020463.6 (mind you, it is a bit dated)? inka -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 11:08 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L I will try that. The confusing part is I can run : select TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY') into datevar from dual; dbms_output.put_line( datevar); and it works fine. I can run all my other sql scripts without error. I'd be surprised if it was a network error, but I'm willing to look at anything. steve - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:23 PM It is neither dbms_output nor sysdate. Try a loopback. This error is related to the network and I am sure that there is a lot on MetaLink. inka -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 2:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Steve works fine for me on 8171 on WinNT Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production SQL set serveroutput on SQL DECLARE 2 3BEGIN 4 5dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY') ); 6 7END; 8 9 / TUE, SEP 24 12:59:21002 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone seen this cause an error before. I can run this script on other datbases (same version) without any problems. This database was rebuilt from production. I can select the to_char... into a varchar2 variable and then print the variable and it works. I've bounced the database also, but still no help. Nothing shows up in the alert log and there are no trace files. I have the work around, but I want to find out why/how to fix it and the root cause. Can I set an event and get more information about it when the error happens? That's the direction I'm headed. Thanks, Steve oracle 8.1.7.3 on Win NT 4.0 svc pack 6 sys(38)@INS declare 2 3 begin 4 5 dbms_output.put_line(to_char(sysdate, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYY') ); 6 7 end; 8 / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE declare * ERROR at line 1: : end-of-file on communication channel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Inka Bezdziecka INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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).
Re: ORA-03113 with dbms_output and sysdate
SET SERVEROUTPUT ON BEGIN dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY')); END; / WED, SEP 25 10:20:10002 - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 8:38 AM Your current session's DB has been gone out. Here is the scanario, Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 8.1.7.0.0 - Production SQL SET SERVEROUT ON SQL BEGIN 2 dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY')); 3 END; 4 / WED, SEP 25 15:32:28002 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL ; 1 BEGIN 2 dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY')); 3* END; SQL / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE BEGIN * ERROR at line 1: ORA-12571: TNS:packet writer failure SQL hth, Nirmal. -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone seen this cause an error before. I can run this script on other datbases (same version) without any problems. This database was rebuilt from production. I can select the to_char... into a varchar2 variable and then print the variable and it works. I've bounced the database also, but still no help. Nothing shows up in the alert log and there are no trace files. I have the work around, but I want to find out why/how to fix it and the root cause. Can I set an event and get more information about it when the error happens? That's the direction I'm headed. Thanks, Steve oracle 8.1.7.3 on Win NT 4.0 svc pack 6 sys(38)@INS declare 2 3 begin 4 5 dbms_output.put_line(to_char(sysdate, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYY') ); 6 7 end; 8 / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE declare * ERROR at line 1: : end-of-file on communication channel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Nirmal Kumar Muthu Kumaran INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Ramon E. Estevez INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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).
ORA-03113 with dbms_output and sysdate
Has anyone seen this cause an error before. I can run this script on other datbases (same version) without any problems. This database was rebuilt from production. I can select the to_char... into a varchar2 variable and then print the variable and it works. I've bounced the database also, but still no help. Nothing shows up in the alert log and there are no trace files. I have the work around, but I want to find out why/how to fix it and the root cause. Can I set an event and get more information about it when the error happens? That's the direction I'm headed. Thanks, Steve oracle 8.1.7.3 on Win NT 4.0 svc pack 6 sys(38)@INS declare 2 3 begin 4 5 dbms_output.put_line(to_char(sysdate, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYY') ); 6 7 end; 8 / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE declare * ERROR at line 1: : end-of-file on communication channel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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).
RE: ORA-03113 with dbms_output and sysdate
Steve works fine for me on 8171 on WinNT Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production SQL set serveroutput on SQL DECLARE 2 3BEGIN 4 5dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY') ); 6 7END; 8 9 / TUE, SEP 24 12:59:21002 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone seen this cause an error before. I can run this script on other datbases (same version) without any problems. This database was rebuilt from production. I can select the to_char... into a varchar2 variable and then print the variable and it works. I've bounced the database also, but still no help. Nothing shows up in the alert log and there are no trace files. I have the work around, but I want to find out why/how to fix it and the root cause. Can I set an event and get more information about it when the error happens? That's the direction I'm headed. Thanks, Steve oracle 8.1.7.3 on Win NT 4.0 svc pack 6 sys(38)@INS declare 2 3 begin 4 5 dbms_output.put_line(to_char(sysdate, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYY') ); 6 7 end; 8 / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE declare * ERROR at line 1: : end-of-file on communication channel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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).
RE: ORA-03113 with dbms_output and sysdate
It is neither dbms_output nor sysdate. Try a loopback. This error is related to the network and I am sure that there is a lot on MetaLink. inka -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 2:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Steve works fine for me on 8171 on WinNT Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production SQL set serveroutput on SQL DECLARE 2 3BEGIN 4 5dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY') ); 6 7END; 8 9 / TUE, SEP 24 12:59:21002 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone seen this cause an error before. I can run this script on other datbases (same version) without any problems. This database was rebuilt from production. I can select the to_char... into a varchar2 variable and then print the variable and it works. I've bounced the database also, but still no help. Nothing shows up in the alert log and there are no trace files. I have the work around, but I want to find out why/how to fix it and the root cause. Can I set an event and get more information about it when the error happens? That's the direction I'm headed. Thanks, Steve oracle 8.1.7.3 on Win NT 4.0 svc pack 6 sys(38)@INS declare 2 3 begin 4 5 dbms_output.put_line(to_char(sysdate, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYY') ); 6 7 end; 8 / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE declare * ERROR at line 1: : end-of-file on communication channel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Inka Bezdziecka INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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).
Re: ORA-03113 with dbms_output and sysdate
Check your ORA_NLS_33 parameter and make sure it is valid... Steve Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/24/2002 01:48:25 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Has anyone seen this cause an error before. I can run this script on other datbases (same version) without any problems. This database was rebuilt from production. I can select the to_char... into a varchar2 variable and then print the variable and it works. I've bounced the database also, but still no help. Nothing shows up in the alert log and there are no trace files. I have the work around, but I want to find out why/how to fix it and the root cause. Can I set an event and get more information about it when the error happens? That's the direction I'm headed. Thanks, Steve oracle 8.1.7.3 on Win NT 4.0 svc pack 6 sys(38)@INS declare 2 3 begin 4 5 dbms_output.put_line(to_char(sysdate, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYY') ); 6 7 end; 8 / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE declare * ERROR at line 1: : end-of-file on communication channel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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).
Re: ORA-03113 with dbms_output and sysdate
I will try that. The confusing part is I can run : select TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY') into datevar from dual; dbms_output.put_line( datevar); and it works fine. I can run all my other sql scripts without error. I'd be surprised if it was a network error, but I'm willing to look at anything. steve - Original Message - To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:23 PM It is neither dbms_output nor sysdate. Try a loopback. This error is related to the network and I am sure that there is a lot on MetaLink. inka -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 2:05 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Steve works fine for me on 8171 on WinNT Connected to: Oracle8i Enterprise Edition Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production With the Partitioning option JServer Release 8.1.7.1.1 - Production SQL set serveroutput on SQL DECLARE 2 3BEGIN 4 5dbms_output.put_line(TO_CHAR(SYSDATE, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SSYYY') ); 6 7END; 8 9 / TUE, SEP 24 12:59:21002 PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. Tom Mercadante Oracle Certified Professional -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 1:48 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Has anyone seen this cause an error before. I can run this script on other datbases (same version) without any problems. This database was rebuilt from production. I can select the to_char... into a varchar2 variable and then print the variable and it works. I've bounced the database also, but still no help. Nothing shows up in the alert log and there are no trace files. I have the work around, but I want to find out why/how to fix it and the root cause. Can I set an event and get more information about it when the error happens? That's the direction I'm headed. Thanks, Steve oracle 8.1.7.3 on Win NT 4.0 svc pack 6 sys(38)@INS declare 2 3 begin 4 5 dbms_output.put_line(to_char(sysdate, 'DY, MON DD HH24:MI:SS YYY') ); 6 7 end; 8 / ERROR: ORA-03114: not connected to ORACLE declare * ERROR at line 1: : end-of-file on communication channel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Mercadante, Thomas F INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Inka Bezdziecka INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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: Steve Perry INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services-- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California-- Mailing list and web hosting services - 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).