Just to add to the long list you've been given, I use notepad2: http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html Stephan Uzzell -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Baker Sent: Wednesday, 16 January, 2013 13:36 To: ORACLE-L Subject: editor to match parent Does anyone know of an editor (or program) that will match beginning and ending parentheses in sql and highlight an ending paren that is missing? I thought notepad++ did that, but it's not working for me. thanks for any help. Barb -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l