My question is how are people hiding sensitive information in a Production database. For example, we are running Oracle Applications 11i and would like to protect some fields so that only a few people can see the column. In such an instance, would you setup a virtual private database with column level security or what? Since this is a packaged application, there is no access to the code. Jeffrey Beckstrom Database Administrator Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority 1240 W. 6th Street Cleveland, Ohio 44113