Keith, Somewhere around here we have a western European keyboard since we have offices in Germany & need it periodically to update data, otherwise strange and not appreciated things happen. Our HelpDesk guys are out looking for it since we've not needed it in some time, but I seem to remember that the $ character was there, although I believe it was a three key action to get to it. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Keith Moore [mailto:kmoore7@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 9:42 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Unusual question I teach Oracle certification classes at a local college and a student asked me a question that has me stumped. We were talking about the V$ views and he asked: How do DBA's in Germany query the views when they don't have a $ on their keyboards? Thanks. Keith Moore Oracle Certified Professional 972-431-5126 kmoore7@xxxxxxxxxxxx