I have a friend that is a SQL Server DBA/Perl Enthusiast, (I know, little different combo there...) that would absolutely agree with you and keeps attempting to convert me to Perl... :) Kellyn Pedersen Sr. Database Administrator I-Behavior Inc. http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynpedersen www.dbakevlar.blogspot.com "Go away before I replace you with a very small and efficient shell script..." --- On Wed, 5/5/10, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: OEMGC and Standard Edition? To: "Kellyn Pedersen" <kjped1313@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Oracle-L Freelists" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 4:07 PM On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Kellyn Pedersen <kjped1313@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Keep it simple, make it robust Simple and robust? Those 2 do not often go together IMO. Now if you're using Perl, many scripts can be made to appear simple by the virtue of a huge collection of modules at cpan.net. In fact when my shell scripts start getting too complex, they become Perl scripts. :) Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com