A delphi application builds sql and sends it to Oracle through OLE-DB. While it builds, it may come across strings that have '&' like 'Bread & Circus'. How do I turn it off ? IN SQL*Plus, I could set define off. But from an application ... I have asked the developer to look into OLE-DB settings. But is there anything I can do at db user level. This app is one Windows NT Oracle 8.1.6. Thanks in advance.