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* Raghuraman Suraj (raghuramans@subexsystems.com) [060118 09:00]:> My Application runs fine when run on webrick, but throws up database > error when run from apache. this is the copy of the FULL TRACE i getYou''re probably looking at environment variable problems (as in something that''s set in your environment on the command-line isn''t set in Apache). Two likely candidates are ORACLE_HOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Apache''s SetEnv directive (which comes from mod_env, IIRC) may help with this. Rick -- http://www.rickbradley.com MUPRN: 160 | about the subject random email haiku | personally, but do feel | that is very wrong.