Bill, I just looked through a 10.2.0.2 system we have & did not find bbed either, but I followed the command to build it, namely make -f ins_rdbms.mk $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib/bbed in the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/lib directory & the darned thing built as stated. And to boot there is a target in the make file for the stinker. I think this is one tool that could really cause a lot of trouble. Dick Goulet, Senior Oracle DBA 45 Bartlett St Marlborough, Ma 01752, USA Tel.: 598.573.1978 |Fax: 508.229.2019 | Cell:508.742.5795 RGoulet@xxxxxxxxxx : POWERING TRANSFORMATION -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Wagman Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:40 PM To: oracle-l Subject: bbed? Someone just passed this on to me. I checked a coupl of my systems and didn't find it. It's an editor for modifying dbfs. The page: <http://www.petefinnigan.com/weblog/archives/00000999.htm> refers to ways of misusing the tool. The PDF paper has a few pages of instructions, then some interesting examples of the tool's uses starting on page 25. Bill Wagman Univ. of California at Davis IET Campus Data Center wjwagman@xxxxxxxxxxx (530) 754-6208 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l