note rdfield Looks like you're connecting to Rdb rather than Oracle. I wouldn't have thought that was supported by DBI.<p> BTW, you don't need <code> use DBD::Oracle; </code> as DBI handles this itself. <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-116937"> <P>rdfield </div></div> 643914 643914