Hi Mark, Thanks. in-line comments On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:05:40 -0800, Mark Bole <makbo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: .... > > select > b.name, CONNECT_BY_ROOT b.name root, > SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(b.name, '/') path > from v$asm_alias b > connect by prior b.reference_index = b.parent_index > > -- > Mark Bole > http://www.bincomputing.com I missed the fact that directories are included in the v$asm_alias as part of a hierarchy. Excellent. Regards, Mike Thomas -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l