Mladen, now you've gone and started my clients looking for extra-solar-system database characterset support that your post just implied exist! Kanji and it's extensions just won't do it any more, and it must still support RAC!!!! Michael Fontana Sr. DBA NTT/Verio ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------