>>>From what I've read and what Tom Kyte said at the UKOUG I >>>understand that 'support' for XE is posts to a users forum, >>>hosted by Oracle, and hope someone will come up with a >>>solution, rather than log a TAR. in my experience, that is how >80% of all issues get "resolved" support contract (EE,SE), or not -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l