Robert J Gautier wrote: > > You should be able to say > > SELECT 'hello' as 'uid' from dual; > No, that does not work. Plus it is not me that says it, it's back-sql. -Luzian -- University of Zurich, Centre for Computing Services Luzian Scherrer <lsc@zi.unizh.ch> Tel: +41 1 63 56778 Fax: +41 1 63 54505 Office: Y11-F-76