I probably could have but would have come up with a much narrower solution. I knew the list would come up with multiple scenarios that could answer it more than one way. ciao, Brian -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael McMullen Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 2:47 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: min function If it threw you, how come you didn't just test? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l