> There was a time when I would have said 'Use Perl' and get more > control over the output. > > But I wouldn't say that now. Nope, not me. OK who are you and what have you done with Jared?;-) -- -- Bill "Shrek" Thater ORACLE DBA shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "While preceding your entrance with a grenade is a good tactic in Quake, it can lead to problems if attempted at work." -- C Hacking -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l