Luis Moran Ochoa wrote: > ORACLE_SID=OWEB ; export ORACLE_SID; > ORACLE_HOME=/usr/oracle/product; export ORACLE_HOME; > TNS_ADMIN=/usr/oracle/product/network/admin; export TNS_ADMIN; > ORACLE_BASE=/usr/oracle; export ORACLE_BASE; > ORA_NLS33=/usr/oracle/product/ocommon/nls/admin/data; export ORA_NLS33; > ORA_NLS=/usr/oracle/product/ocommon/nls/admin/data; export ORA_NLS; > NLS_LANG=spanish_spain.we8dec; export NLS_LANG; > TNS_ADMIN=/usr/oracle/product/network/admin; export TNS_ADMIN; > CLASSPATH=:/usr/local/jre:/usr/oracle/product/jdbc/lib/classes111.zip: > export CLASSPATH; > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/oracle/product/lib:/usr/oracle/product/jdbc/lib: > export LD_LIBRARY_PATH Perhaps some variables are set in the start script, but not in your root shell. Put a export >/tmp/apache-start in the start script to see which variables are set. Boot, move /tmp/apache-start to /tmp/apache-boot, stop apache, start apache from your root shell. "diff -u /tmp/apache-boot /tmp/apache-start" will show the differences. Or try to unset the locale variables in the start script: unset LANG LC_CTYPE LC_NUMERIC LC_TIME LC_COLLATE LC_MONETARY LC_MESSAGES LC_PAPER LC_NAME LC_ADDRESS LC_TELEPHONE LC_MEASUREMENT LC_IDENTIFICATION LC_ALL Some parts of Apache/Oracle/whatever-else apparently has trouble with locales. Regards... Michael -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php