Not sure if it's a practical solution for your situation, but you might want to take a look at 11g and Adaptive Cursor Sharing. It is supposed to address these types of issues, but I have no personal experience with it yet. Regards, Brandon ________________________________ Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.