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Isn't this the ecological niche that was supposed to be populated by source filters? Having just finished implementing a database backend in an interpreted OO language I've developed over the last few years for a client of mine, I've had to think through the embedded vs. native syntax for executing SQL. I have to say that embedded SQL runs out of steam pretty low on the complexity of application scale. Yet I'd venture to guess that the majority of linked-in Oracle libraries are linked in to applications using Pro*FOO. It's the most approachable solution for a large chunk of the 'semi-pro' coders out there. And there's a large audience of people who feel comfortable using embedded SQL that are or would be scared of 100% Pure Perl (tm). Seems like a source filter recognizing the characters 'EXEC SQL' up through the next ';' and converting that in to calls to DBI code would be more inherently familiar to Pro*FOO users and would not require core alteration. - BarrieThread Next