This is out of curiosity... Why, in the CREATE PACKAGE, or CREATE PACKAGE BODY statements, does Oracle list both IS and AS as possible elements? Is it a backward-compatibility thing? I find it weird that both would be in the command diagrams. I like things nice and simple. : ) Patrice. -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/