As a rule you would want to do that before you insert the data. Other wise write a perl::DBI script to read the data, and parse it bu (i/a)spell, and then write it back. -- Jason D. Runyan Mid-Range Systems Administrator USDA NITC Kansas City On May 17 03:17, Gene Dascher wrote: > Does anyone know of a *nix based spell checker that interacts with an Oracle > database? > > Gene > > >