On 18/04/12 08:37, Norman Dunbar wrote: > ... in a Java > application running on an X session that's not even on the same server > as where I'm trying to create the database! I forgot to add, I work from my own office (nice!) so I'm doing everything over the internet and a VNC - so it's possible that responses are somewhat slower than they would be running the Java (DBCA) from the server itself. Cheers, Norm. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: Thorpe House 61 Richardshaw Lane Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7EL Company Number: 05132767 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l