Oracle has a great website, tahiti.oracle.com is it's name. There it has documentation, so you can avoid any RTFM flame. Google search is another one, that really can do the trick. Simply type oracle and profiles, and give your mouse button a click. Learn to fish my friend, Don't ask others before you have tried. Then you will become a master DBA, by the time you have died. :-) Robert G. Freeman Oracle Consultant/DBA/Author Principal Engineer/Team Manager The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Father of Five, Husband of One, Author of various geeky computer titles from Osborne/McGraw Hill (Oracle Press) Oracle Database 11g New Features Now Available for Pre-sales on Amazon.com! Sig V1.1 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l