Hmm, Maybe they use the "ALT - something I forget" key press combination to switch the keyboard into the US default setting. Pete -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Keith Moore Sent: 05 March 2004 14:42 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Unusual question I teach Oracle certification classes at a local college and a student asked me a question that has me stumped. We were talking about the V$ views and he asked: How do DBA's in Germany query the views when they don't have a $ on their keyboards? Thanks. Keith Moore Oracle Certified Professional 972-431-5126 kmoore7@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kmoore7@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________