>>>>> I pinged a friend offline and here's what I got back (nothing new). -joe <snip> As for the Streams class, I just took the Oracle Corp. training for that and it was more than adequate, but as you know, it really depends upon the luck of the draw on the instructor. <snip> <<<<<<< Thanks all for your input. Robert, I hope I have your correct email since I deleted your response before noting your address. I checked Oracle's education site and they have upcoming classes for Streams 11g but not for 10gR2 which is the database version that we're using. I figure 11g Streams should not be all that different from 10gR2 Streams. Far fewer bugs and some enhancements, I suppose. Here's hoping I'm as lucky as Mr. Freeman in getting a decent instructor. -- mohammed -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l