Larry >He's using JDBC and WEBLOGIC (8.1 I think) For best performance make sure he's using at least the 9.2 driver. >Will >DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:oracle:thin:" + dburl , userid, >password); > >Or something else allow us to use bequeath???? Have a look here... http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B14117_01/java.101/b10979/basic.htm#sthref213 HTH, Chris -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l