In a shameless display of self-promotion I am providing a link to my first ever blog post at Pythian. http://www.pythian.com/news/24447/applying-external-timing-data-to-untimed-events/ Really though, I am curious to see what other interesting uses (that are outside the scope of my imagination) that someone else may come up with for this utility Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com