Hi all Graham Smith wanted to know about already present tables in oracle. I have a not too unrelated problem, how do you test if the user even has oracle drivers installed without the whole lot falling over (i have tried numerous onerror fudges but I get kicked out every time) regards r ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]