I would like to ban use of unqualified char in all of our code. Beyond purging such usage from our current code base I need a way to identify any time that such usage reappears. I don't see anything in the current documentation that will let me do this. Have I missed something? /john -- John S. Yates, Jr. 508 665-6897 (voice) Netezza Inc 508 665-6811 (fax) 200 Crossing Blvd. Framingham, MA 01701