I have tried all the above, but I guess where I deleted the file from the dba_2pc_pending table there svrmgr does see any pending jobs. I have also restarted the entire unix box, and then when I go to do a dbstart, it starts the instances and says 'instance name' warm start. Would a differrent kind of start work, like a cold start if so how do you do this. Every time I run the commands you told me it says did not find any pending job with the local tan id that I speciifed, there is nothing in my dba_2pc_pending table, thus it can not force a commit on somehting that it can't see.

What do I do?
I am starting to get worried now!

THanks
Scott