Hi, Something that has been bothering me for a while. I know it's no biggie, just a bit of a pain. I cannot use oraenv to change the default instance to the +ASM instance, I haven't the time to go through and fix the script, just wondering whether anyone has done so. $ cat /var/opt/oracle/oratab +ASM:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/ASM:Y testbed:/u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/Db_1:Y mpnfdb:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.7:N *:/u01/app/oracle/product/9.2.0:N $ . oraenv ORACLE_SID = [tsequeira] ? +ASM ORACLE_HOME = [/export/home/oracle] ? $ . oraenv ORACLE_SID = [+ASM] ? '+ASM' ORACLE_HOME = [/export/home/oracle] ? $ . oraenv ORACLE_SID = ['+ASM'] ? "+ASM" ORACLE_HOME = [/export/home/oracle] ? $ . oraenv ORACLE_SID = ["+ASM"] ? \+ASM ORACLE_HOME = [/export/home/oracle] ? $ -- Tony -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l