as an addendum to my last post: Including the line $ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'}='/u01...'; in UID.pm finally got me to the point where i can add agents, pops etc. And they are written to my OracleDB! BUT (and this may be a consequence of my added $ENV-line or not): i can't view any of these added records,i.e. POP-Listings, AGENT-Listings are empty. how come? Olaf