Karol: Not to highjack the thread, but a question. You stated:
> this is terible to read. Please change join style to explicite join style > > instead SELECT .. FROM TABLE_A A, TABLE_B B WHERE A.ID=B.ID > write SELECT .. FROM TABLE_A A INNER JOIN TABLE_B B ON A.ID=B.ID I'm not a DB expert, only as I have to but I read the first line easier than the second line, but not without much difference. Why do you state it is terrible? Ed Dressel