OK, so for whatever reason this thought just popped into my head and I think it would be a pretty cool feature for a database to have. # From a remote server you type... ftp server_name port # Then use normal ftp commands... cd resumes bin put 134564.doc bye Normally the file would be on a server someplace, but I am thinking it would be cool if Oracle could expose a table, such as RESUMES, as an ftp service/directory. So when the 'put' is done the file is stored in RESUMES table in the database. Basically it would be a Oracle owned ftp service which allows you to use normal ftp commands from another server to interact directly with an Oracle table by adding, getting and removing files. I sure with a little code you could write something that basically does this but it would be neat if it was something your could just configure with a little DDL. Oh well, like I said, just a late night thought. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l