>Your boss seems a good businesswoman. She is aware of the fact that it's easier to get an insider trained in a new, necessary for the business, skill than to bring in a new person and train him/her in the intricacies of your database. I agree with the approach.

She has been wronged by screwy contractors enough times to be smart about this.

If only I can tell how many Oracle contractors we've had in, just to try to change things to their liking and still couldn't get it right. A few of them I don't think have even seen a query statement before.

The more I think about it, the more I'm looking forward to this switch.

Thanks Alex.