This class provides application developers with an abstraction class a level away from DBI, that allows them to write an application that works on multiple database platforms. The idea isn't to take away the responsibility for coding different SQL on different platforms, but to simply provide a platform that uses the right class at the right time for whatever DB is currently in use. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/DBIx-AnyDBD/ Seamus Venasse