Dennis, You should be able to connect to your Oracle database without ODBC using the Oracle client software and one of the free Oracle tools such as SQLPLUS.
For starters, check out the following link http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/appdev.112/e10766/tdddg_connecting.htm#TDDDG99998 Malcolm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

