Hi Ricardo,

>To tell you the truth, i cannot garantee you that NVL is quick or not!
>One thing has scared me at your message: your friend uses SELECT * FROM ...? That can become a problem! At the last Microsoft event i went, they advise us not to use many SELECT * FROM ..., because we could get many performance problems.

Could you please provide more info here?

BTW, I checked NVL on a test, that you gave me, and it works slow... I see a real delay between wait window or messagebox...