Thanks Tom and Dick. Yes, everything does still work. We are only using Onames for two applications that still use 8i databases. I was under the impression that 8i databases couldn't use OID for names resolution, but that's apparently not the case. Since we're using OID for everything else, and since our 8i databases are also defined in OID for us, I'm a lot less concerned. - Maureen -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l