"... some of the plug ins and capabilities of notepad++ far outstrips TOAD " I've not used notepad++ but I find it hard to believe that a generic editor has anywhere near the features of an editor that is tailored specifically to PL/SQL. Does it have a line by line debugger built in where you can set breakpoints, examine variables, set variables and resume execution? What plugins do you use for notepad++? Maybe I'll give it a try. Mike -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l