I love it when Larry says your dba will have nothing todo. It means I will get another exorbitant pay raise within two years. Oracle 5/6 Dave gets paid duhveloper wages Oracle 7 Ugly conversion, Dave gets 20% increase Oracle 8 Everyone and their mother installs Oracle, demand for Dave's services to rescue them jumps 20% so does Dave's paycheque. Oracle 9 OPS on filesystems, sounds like everyone's little sister will install OPS, hmm, I wonder if I can get more than 20% this time. The easier Larry makes it to install Oracle the better off we as Oracle DBA's are. IMHO Dave -- Dave Morgan DBA, Cybersurf Office: 403 777 2000 ext 284 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Dave Morgan INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).