I am using a 10g Listener on an AIX box. I have two EE installs of oracle , 9.2.0.7.0 and 10.2.0.1.0 in their own homes. I am running the 10g listener for all the 9i instances and can connect. Has anybody ever used the ENVS parameter in the listener.ora to point to the right NLS_ parameter? Such as: (SID_DESC = (GLOBAL_DBNAME = o8i.oracle.com) (ORACLE_HOME = /disk1/oracle9i) (ENVS='ORACLE_HOME=/disk1/oracle9i,ORA_NLS33=%ORACLE_HOME%/ocommon/nls/admin/data,LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/disk1/oracle9i/lib') (SID_NAME = o9i)) Has anybody ever put this entry into the 10g Listener to point the 9i instances to ORA_NLS33 parameter? This is in note 77442.1 thanks. _________________________________________________________________ Get the power of Windows + Web with the new Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_powerofwindows_012008