concerning Oct 2005 Critical Patch Update for win32: http://metalink.oracle.com/metalink/plsql/ml2_documents.showDocument?p_database_id=NOT&p_id=333956.1 10.1.0.4: "Windows32: Patch 7 (4579182) or later" =================================================== README for 4579182 Patch Details Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2005 Release Notes for Oracle Database Server Version 10.1.0.4 Patch 6 Release Date: October 18th, 2005 =================================================== FACT: there is no win32 10.1.0.4 Patch 7 available at this time FACT: there is a patch available, number 4579182 for win32 Probable explanation: they didn't get their labels in sync again. Paul -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l