Fantastic Norm! That does help quite a bit. And thanks for the code -- it'll save me a bunch from the usual 30-40 minutes it takes to file an SR these days. Thanks!!! Rich > > Rich, > > I just did a quick test on 9204 where I got the following : > > PARSING IN CURSOR #1 len=51 dep=0 uid=23 oct=3 lid=23 > tim=1159428269085500 hv=3817972469 ad='5417974c' > select * from norman where n = :nfred and v = :fred > END OF STMT > PARSE -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l