Hi >> >> Since in this case it is a DOC, it will be stored in a "container" = =3D >> table. Then you can access it through RESOURCE_VIEW or PATH_VIEW. >> > > >Isn't MS Word *.doc files (newer ones) supposed to be XML? I'm working with MS Word 2003 and the DOC are binary files.=20 What it's possible, however, is to save documents as XML. But then the = default extension is XML. Chris -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l