Interesting. Remaining true to my roots, I did those in an external C = call. Works as well, especially since one can then use ftell & fseek to = remember where one left off. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at http://www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at http://www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------