In article <85395322583.20041216232218@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan Gennick <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes >Another source for a free Windows C++ compiler is >www.bloodshed.net . What you get from them is really gcc for >Windows, but it's all wrapped up in a very nice GUI. Whether >it works with PL/SQL native compilation is something I can't >tell you, because I don't know. Hi Jonathan and Larry, I can concur that bloodshed is indeed a nice environment and exposes gcc. I have used it to compile OCI programs on Windows previously so you may be able to get native compiled PL/SQL to work, I have not tried it. kind regards Pete -- Pete Finnigan (email:pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Web site: http://www.petefinnigan.com - Oracle security audit specialists Oracle security blog: http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/entries/index.html Book:Oracle security step-by-step Guide - see http://store.sans.org for details. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l