On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:40:56 +0000, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We have a requirement for a system that will record answers to more > than one survey. Each survey will consist of a number of questions > with responses that can be ... > This is an internal discussion that we are having here that interests > me (and I do have a preference) and I'd be interested to see what folk > think. First, gut, reaction. Sounds like a use for XDB. Store the questions (and responses) as XML documents and use the XML tools in the datbase to query the data. Wow, an actual real and non-faddish use for XML. The pork must be airbourne! Stephen -- It's better to ask a silly question than to make a silly assumption. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l