Chris, While that's truly funny and I'll admit if they want to go back that far into the past they should expect to "work for it", I do know of a company or two that use exactly that methodology, but on Micro-Fiche. Hand them the viewer & the box of fiches & tell them to have fun!!! BTW: the coffee is over here. ;-))) Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA PAREXEL International 978.313.3426 information transmitted in this communication is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please destroy any copies, contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. -----Original Message----- From: Newman, Christopher [mailto:cjnewman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 4:39 PM To: Goulet, Richard; uwe@xxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Long-Term Archiving Just spool your info into a text file, print it, throw it in a fireproof box and lock it. When the auditors arrive, just hand them the box and tell them to have fun. Foolproof! /chuckle -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l