Nick, got it, Thank's there is no other (more practical) way to do that ??? > Frank < -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- Von: Nick Tilbury @ Northampton [mailto:ntilbury@xxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Gesendet: Mittwoch, 22. Dezember 2004 10:31 An: 'Foelz.Frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Betreff: RE: referencing package variables If you know the variables/constant names and the name of the package, = surely you can issue a text matching search on the DBA|USER_SOURCE view = couldn't you ? -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l