Sorry to reply to my own post, all BLOBs had pointers from other tables. Irina -- Irina Sourikova Brookhaven National Laboratory phone: +1-631-344-3776 Physics Department, Bldg 510 C fax: +1-631-344-3253 Upton, NY 11973-5000 email: irina@xxxxxxx ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend