Here's a start: select g.groname as group, g.grosysid as group_id, u.usename as user, u.usesysid as user_id from pg_group g, pg_user u where u.usesysid = g.grolist[1] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[2] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[3] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[4] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[5] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[6] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[7] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[8] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[9] or u.usesysid = g.grolist[10] order by groname, usename; -----Original Message----- From: chard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 7:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: retrieving user's groups hello, how will i retrieve group names of a certain user? using sql. richard