If anyone is interested in some quick, first looks, at 11g, I've posted the first of what I hope will be many 11g related blog entires that discuss an 11g New Feature. You can see it at: http://robertgfreeman.blogspot.com/ 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