SQL> select * from table(dbms_xplan.display); PLAN_TABLE_OUTPUT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ An uncaught error happened in fetching the records : ORA-30929: ORDER SIBLINGS BY clause not allowed here ORA-30929: ORDER SIBLINGS BY clause not allowed here 2 rows selected. Fairly complex query, Oracle 9.2.0.5 on Sparc Solaris 8. -- Mark J. Bobak Senior Oracle Architect ProQuest Information & Learning Ours is the age that is proud of machines that can think and suspicious of men who try to. --H. Mumford Jones, 1892-1980