Thanks for the explanation. It makes perfect sense ... and I should have been able to figure out my own mistake. Too many distractions. ... though, now that I think about it, it would have helped if the column headings were underlined. Is there any way to make those appear? ie, > select * from foo; a|b --- <--- ASCII / poor man's column header underlines :-) a| a2|b1 ... Either way, thanks for the quick response.