JS> It will be quite a feat if it can unseat sqlplus, as I've grown JS> quite accustomed to it over the years. Using several X-windows, JS> vi and sqlplus, I can work pretty quickly. Me too. I often have an editor window open with various scraps of SQL that I paste into SQL*Plus while I work. It's a great way to develop queries, as I can leave a breadcrumb trail of all my intermediate steps. (Raptor allows the same thing, so long as I remember to press ctrl-ENTER and not F5) Wednesday, February 8, 2006, 4:21:26 PM, Jared Still (jkstill@xxxxxxxxx) wrote: JS> I plan to attempt to use it as much as possible where I would JS> normally use sqlplus. This is just to see what the tool is capable JS> of, where it's weaknesses are, etc. After writing an article on Raptor, I found myself just using it, on an ongoing basis, for experiments, to execute queries for my next book, etc. That's a good acid test. When you find yourself "just using" a tool, it's a good sign that it works well. Raptor is not perfect, but I've found it to be quite a "comfortable" working environment. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l