I currently have a 9.2.0.7 and two 10.2.0.1 databases that are set to an AL32UTF8 character set. Some of the data that is being inserted into these databases appear as ¿¿¿¿. Is anyone else having this problem? If so, are there any documentation, papers, etc that address this issue? Thanks, Sandra Arnold Sr. Oracle DBA NCI Information Systems US DOE OSTI Oak Ridge, TN