<quote who="Nigel Thomas"> > $ sqlplus -s nthomas/nthomas <<END > >> define 1="'1','2'" define 2="'3','4'" @show_inputs >> exit END >> > > P1='1','2' > p2='3','4' Good idea! I must confess that I used this method in other cases but I was so stuck in my approach that I didn't think of that. Thanks for showing me the light. ;-) Regards, Uwe -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l