http://www.dizwell.com/prod/node/904 might be of interest. On 7/26/07, Jeff Eberhard <jeff.eberhard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there a way you know of to take a literal like *1*8*1 and turn it > into the result of 1 times 8 times 1 (8)? -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l