I'm trying to create an external java procedure and call it from within Oracle. I've already created a very basic procedure and everything works fine, so I am fairly certain the Oracle configuration is ok. Here is the java: import java.io.*; class FileOutputDemo { public static void main(String args[]) { FileOutputStream out; // declare a file output object PrintStream p; // declare a print stream object try { // Create a new file output stream // connected to "myfile.txt" out = new FileOutputStream("myfile.txt"); // Connect print stream to the output stream p = new PrintStream( out ); p.println ("This is written to a file"); p.close(); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println ("Error writing to file"); } } } I can compile this, and I can run it from the OS. I then try to set it up in Oracle so I can call it externally: SQL> create directory j_dir as 'c:/java'; SQL> create java class using bfile (j_dir, 'FileOutputDemo.class'); These steps all work ok. When I try to create the procedure I get an error. Here is the call to create the java stored procedure: Create or replace procedure test_write is language java name 'FileOutputDemo(java.lang.String)'; And this is the error being returned: Warning: Procedure created with compilation errors. SQL> show err Errors for PROCEDURE TEST_WRITE: LINE/COL ERROR -------- --------------------------------------------------------- 0/0 PL/SQL: Compilation unit analysis terminated 4/1 PLS-00311: the declaration of "FileOutputDemo.main(java.lang.String)" is incomplete or malformed I'm sure I'm defining the class incorrectly somehow. Can someone help me please? Robert -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l