On 06/03/2013 22:27, Zelli, Brian wrote: > Ok, strange......now that works.......why? and I how can I get it to work > normal? Hi Brian, I suppose that this is somehow related to your TNS configuration: how exactly did you set the TNS_NAMES variable - by using the windows registry or via My Computer->Properties ...etc. ? Dimitre -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l