I just want to point everyone to Dan Tow's article, which just went live today: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/09/02/wrongerrorbugs.html This article sort of fell out of that discussion on subqueries awhile back, though it really doesn't bear directly on that issue. Dan's point of view is fascinating, and his article's worth a read. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Join the Oracle-article list and receive one article on Oracle technologies per month by email. To join, visit http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/oracle-article, or send email to Oracle-article-request@xxxxxxxxxxx and include the word "subscribe" in either the subject or body. -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/