Ok, this question is a little off the path. I teach a dbms class and I want the students to use sqlplus. The school used to provide the download of the client but no longer. I told them to go to the oracle website and download it. They said they can't download it for free. I thought the client was free? ciao, Brian This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l